22. Short Debate: Children's Hospices — A lifeline fund for Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:55 pm on 24 March 2021.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 6:55, 24 March 2021

(Translated)

I thank Mark Isherwood for the opportunity to say a few words in the last debate in the fifth Senedd, and it's a very important debate. And all I want to say is that we can't overemphasise the importance of the care that's provided in our children's hospices in Wales. And having a robust commitment from the Government to ensure support for this sector is vital. I'm looking forward, hopefully, to increasing that support in the sixth Senedd. 

I want to echo the calls made by Tŷ Gobaith and Tŷ Hafan to establish a lifeline fund, a fund that does exactly what it says, that is a lifeline for the hospices themselves, that supports and maintains their work, and allows the extension of their work, but, vitally, that does that in order to offer a lifeline to the families who are so reliant on their services. There is a lack of respite care for children and this is an opportunity to give a more robust foundation to services in the years to come.