7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hospice and Palliative Care

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:42 pm on 20 November 2019.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 4:42, 20 November 2019

Thank you for that comment, where you're going to write to—or you've written to—the health boards. But could I also draw your attention to the fact that a lot of hospice services provided in the community are currently being funded through clusters? And as you and I know, one of the principles behind a cluster is that the clusters use their funding to pilot and start up ideas. The comments that have come back to me from organisations such as Paul Sartori are that once that cluster funding comes to an end, the LHBs aren't necessarily able or willing to take on and carry on the momentum behind initiatives that are working very successfully, so, constantly, the wheel is having to be reinvented, and I wonder if you might comment on that.