Yesterday the Public Accounts Committee published a report into the financial sustainability of hospices in England. LOROS Chief Executive Camilla Barrow responds to the reports findings.
LOROS Hospice has announced that more beds are to reopen on its inpatient ward thanks to additional funding from the NHS, but seven more are required to meet demand.
In late November, four additional beds were opened on LOROS Hospice’s inpatient ward thanks to short-term winter pressures funding. Due to end in March, this funding has already enabled 17 patients to receive the specialist palliative care they urgently needed.
LOROS Hospice has today announced that it has secured funding to open four additional beds on its inpatient ward.
Join LOROS Hospice on Sunday 7th December at 4.30pm for the return of its much-loved Light Up a Light event.
The National Audit Office today released a report into the financial sustainability of hospices. LOROS Hospice is calling for this report to mark a turning point in the debate over hospice funding, and urges government to step in to create a more sustainable funding model.
Staff at LOROS Hospice – including nurses on the inpatient ward – swapped their uniforms for pyjamas yesterday, as part of a fundraiser celebrating the launch of a new charity sleepwear range.
