Less than three months ago, Heather Tudor was looking down the barrel of a £1.1 million deficit as she sought to balance the books at Severn Hospice.
Less than three months ago, Heather Tudor was looking down the barrel of a £1.1 million deficit as she sought to balance the books at Severn Hospice.Thanks to a recent legacy donation, the situation has improved somewhat, and the shortfall is now down to a more manageable £400,000, although that money will still need to be found from somewhere.
"if everybody who needed it had access to hospice care, I think it would be far less of an issue. There will always be people who want that choice, but I think for most people the real question is about ensuring they get the best possible end-of-life care possible." “I asked whose birthday it was, and it turned out it was for the anniversary of having been admitted, it was for somebody admitted 12 months earlier,” he said. It was Paul's belief that people should only spend prolonged periods on the ward if it was really necessary, and where possible it would be preferable to look after them in their own homes.
First there was the coronavirus lockdown, which forced the charity to close all its shops, while still maintaining its essential services for patients. Now the sector is having to deal with the extra costs loaded onto the businesses in the recent Budget."We're rather disappointed that the Government did not give us an exemption from that. The hike in National Insurance is going to place an extra burden on the National Health Service, but they don't seem to have thought about that.
"I think it starts with the Government understanding the contributions that hospices make," she says.
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