Marie Curie responds to Welsh Government funding announcement

Marie Curie responds to today's announcement from the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Minister

Today the Welsh Government announced support for hospice and end of life care charities like Marie Curie that are on the frontline fighting the Coronavirus pandemic, and providing care to dying patients, with and without the virus.  This follows from a previous financial package announcement from the Chancellor.

In response, Marie Curie Director of Policy and Public Affairs Simon Jones said: 

“We welcome the announcement today from Health Minister Vaughan Gething of this vital support for hospices and the end of life care charity sector in Wales, following the money coming to Wales as part of the Chancellor’s announcement before Easter.

“This funding will ease our immediate financial pressures and enable us to continue to deliver front-line services in end of life care for people dying both with and without Covid-19, and their loved ones through this national crisis.

“We have faced a devastating loss of fundraising income as a result of our inability to carry out our usual fundraising activities, which rely so much on people being able to leave their homes and come together to support us in a variety of different ways.

“We are all in this crisis together and Marie Curie, as the UK’s leading end of life care charity, wants to continue to play our part to support Wales through this difficult period. We are fully committed to continuing to provide compassionate care to as many dying people as we can, serve the public, and support the NHS in Wales.”