West Midlands hospices get £2.1m for upgrades
Getty ImagesFourteen hospices across the West Midlands have been given a share of £2.1m in government funding to pay for essential upgrades.
Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock confirmed the money was to go towards urgent building repairs, and improvements to facilities, outdoor spaces and IT equipment.
Acorns Children's Hospice, which has sites in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester, is to get more than £402,700, with £299,078 for Severn Hospice facilities in Shrewsbury and Telford.
St Giles Hospice, Lichfield, was awarded £249,800 and Compton Care in Wolverhampton £200,000.
Other sites to receive funding were:
- Hope House Children's Hospice in Oswestry - £157,000
- Katharine House Hospice, Stafford - £41,247
- Kemp Hospice, Kidderminster - £24,012
- Mary Ann Evans Hospice, Nuneaton - £37,430
- Mary Stevens Hospice, Stourbridge - £30,000
- St Michael's Hospice, Hereford - £169,739
- St Richard's Hospice, Worcester - £172,188
- The Myton Hospices, Warwickshire - £227,545
- The Shakespeare Hospice, Stratford-upon-Avon - £35,338
- Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, Coventry - £108,964
Kinnock thanked Hospice UK for allocating the money so individual hospices could swiftly contract upgrades, "making sure patients are being treated in the best possible environment".
He added: "On top of our £125m capital investment in hospices across England, we have pledged £80m over the next three years for children's hospices."
He said the government was transforming palliative care by ending "the postcode lottery".
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