Palliative Care for Children

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:37 pm on 7 July 2021.

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Photo of Natasha Asghar Natasha Asghar Conservative 2:37, 7 July 2021

Minister, hospice care, especially for children, is a sensitive and emotive subject, but the pandemic and lockdowns have made a difficult subject worse. Last year, Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith jointly published 'Family Voices', a report that gave voice to the most important concerns of families who have children with life-limiting conditions. They stressed that they urgently needed more of the care that only the hospices could provide, especially in relation to respite. Do you agree, Minister, that a sustainable model of funding would give the children's hospices in Wales confidence to plan and expand their services to better meet the needs of all children with life-limiting conditions and their families across Wales?