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My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a range of policy issues.<\/p>

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Loneliness is an issue that affects many in our society and tackling loneliness can help to address social isolation.<\/p>

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The Department of Health and Social Care fully supports a Government-wide approach to tackling loneliness led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>

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The Government\u2019s Loneliness Strategy was published on 15 October 2018 and will be its first step in tackling the long-term challenge of loneliness. <\/strong><\/p>

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<\/strong><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-15T16:36:59.39Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Loneliness: Older People"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of social loneliness and isolation in elderly people to the economy; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"} ], "uin" : "177589"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984731", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984731/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department has not made an assessment of these issues.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "177790"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-15T14:27:45.373Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sepsis: Death"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of sepsis-related deaths in hospital of lifting the restriction on nurses carrying iodine.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4631", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Jones"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Jones"} ], "uin" : "177789"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984732", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984732/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department has not made an assessment of these issues.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "177789"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-15T14:27:45.42Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sepsis: Death"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring pharmacists to keep a fixed stock of iodine to help reduce the number of sepsis-related deaths in hospitals.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4631", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Jones"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Jones"} ], "uin" : "177790"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984790", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/984790/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department\u2019s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including fibromyalgia; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. NIHR support for fibromyalgia research over the last five years includes £1.8 million funding for research projects; £0.6 million funding for clinical trials through the NIHR Clinical Research Network; and the NIHR has managed infrastructure supporting fibromyalgia research.<\/p>

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Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:<\/p>

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https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-15T14:29:28.667Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fibromyalgia"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the maintenance of funding for research into the field of fibromyalgia syndrome and its symptoms.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4602", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Wera Hobhouse"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bath"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Wera Hobhouse"} ], "uin" : "177774"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/982499", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/982499/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for European Union exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:<\/p>

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- £412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.<\/p>

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- £286 million of additional funding for 2017-18. A full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 which is available at the following link:<\/p>

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf<\/a><\/p>

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- Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary\u2019s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540<\/a>, laid on 13 March 2018.<\/p>

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The Department was allocated £21.1 million for costs arising as the United Kingdom leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration (including staffing) spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-11T14:57:14.77Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Brake"} ], "uin" : "175812"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/982770", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/982770/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information requested is not held centrally by the Department or NHS England.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-11T11:51:46.937Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Young Offenders: Injuries"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people identified as having an acquired brain injury on arrival living in the secure estate in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1446", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rhondda"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Bryant"} ], "uin" : "176034"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/983014", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/983014/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department funds research into all aspects of human health through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) at the level of £1 billion per year. Cancer comprises the largest proportion of this in terms of disease area.<\/p>

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The NIHR Clinical Research Network has over 800 cancer trials and studies recruiting or in set-up. Through the NIHR Clinical Research Network, the proportion of patients entering cancer clinical trials and studies is more than double that in any other country for which data exists, including the United States.<\/p>

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As with other Government funders of health research, the NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level of research spend in a particular area, such as less survivable cancers, is driven by factors including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications. We would welcome more high-quality research applications, including applications for clinical trials, on less survivable cancers.<\/p>

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We work closely with research funding partners such as Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council, and cancer specific charities, who fund research into new scientific discoveries. Cancer Research UK has prioritised increasing research in hard-to-treat cancers including lung, pancreatic, oesophageal cancers and brain tumours. We stand ready to translate these new discoveries as quickly as possible into new treatments and diagnostics for patients via the NIHR.<\/p>

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In May the Government announced £40 million over the next five years for brain tumour research as part of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission. Funding will be invested through the NIHR to support a wide range of research to support the translation of laboratory discoveries into treatments and better care for patients. We are relying on researchers to submit high-quality research proposals in this very difficult area. To encourage such applications we have released a NIHR Highlight Notice on brain tumour research asking research teams to submit collaborative applications building on recent initiatives and investments.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-11T14:58:24.59Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Clinical Trials"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of clinical trials available to patients with one of the less survivable cancers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Howarth"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Knowsley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr George Howarth"} ], "uin" : "175995"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/983065", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/983065/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from ten centres <\/ins>eight centres<\/del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.<\/p>

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Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.<\/p>


The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children\u2019s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.<\/p>

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North west<\/p><\/td>

Wirral<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Notes:<\/p>

<\/p>

- The children\u2019s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.<\/p>

- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.<\/p>

- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.<\/p>

- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children\u2019s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.<\/p>

- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.<\/p>

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No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from ten centres<\/ins> eight centres<\/del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.<\/p>

<\/p>

Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.<\/p>


The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children\u2019s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

North west<\/p><\/td>

Wirral<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Notes:<\/p>

<\/p>

- The children\u2019s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.<\/p>

- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.<\/p>

- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.<\/p>

- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children\u2019s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.<\/p>

- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.<\/p>

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<\/p>

Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.<\/p>


The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children\u2019s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children\u2019s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

North west<\/p><\/td>

Wirral<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

£1,522,944<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£353,306<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

£1,562,576<\/p><\/td>

£362,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Notes:<\/p>

<\/p>

- The children\u2019s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.<\/p>

- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.<\/p>

- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.<\/p>

- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children\u2019s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.<\/p>

- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.<\/p>

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