Daniel who is 6 suffers from cerebral palsy and mitochondrial disease. He has been receiving treatment from the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

The Hospice were forced to close last year due to workforce pressure and have been given notice that their annual energy costs have gone from £16k to £40k per year, and are facing numerous other pressures as a result of the cost of living crisis.

I met with Health Minister Helen Whately to share with her the heartbreaking situation Daniel and his family are in and to discuss the pressures that children’s hospices are facing, and ask what further support the government can offer hospices.

I was glad to have the opportunity to urge the Government to provide the certainty Hospices so desperately need. The meeting follows my PMQ in March which you can watch  here.