Robin Swann reinstates funding to Northern Ireland Children’s HospiceBy David Young, PAStormont’s Health Minister has reinstated £85,000 (€100,000) of funding to the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice but has acknowledged it will not be enough to prevent the announced reduction in some services at the facility. Robin Swann had asked officials to look “urgently” at the planned bed cuts to determine the best way forward. On Friday night he said a funding cut that would have seen the hospice lose £85,000 of support from his department this year would be reinstated. “Like all healthcare providers, it has encountered significantly rising running costs, reflecting inflationary pressures,” he said of the children’s hospice. I am also aware of the fact that other Northern Ireland departments have provided financial support to NICH in the past.

Source: Irish Independent February 10, 2024 15:55 UTC