Kearsley<\/a>, added: “My partner died there in 2017 he had stage 4 lung cancer.\n<\/p>\n\n “The care my partner received was exceptional, I have been a supporter ever since.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Until you need the hospice you truly cannot comprehend the care, support given there.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Nothing was ever to much trouble, myself and my family will be forever eternally grateful for the dignity, care and respect he was given.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Wendy Houghton, from Bradshaw, said: “Too many friends and family have benefited from the superb care and facilities provided.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have supported Bolton Hospice in many ways over numerous years.\n<\/p>\n
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Monty calls on people of Bolton (Image: Bolton Hospice)\n<\/p>\n
\n “We need the full facilities open at all times rather than having to close rooms because of lack of funds.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If rooms aren\u2019t available, patients will have to be cared for in hospital, causing less hospital beds available for others and costing the NHS and ultimately the public, a lot more and\/or patients won\u2019t receive the due care that they are entitled to.\n<\/p>\n
\n “More hospice care is needed as our population ages and I want everyone who wants the hospice care to be able to access it.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is a vital service and needs more government funding.”\n<\/p>\n
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Bolton Hospice launches campaign (Image: Bolton Hospice)\n<\/p>\n
\n How to show your support\n<\/p>\n
\n People can support the campaign by signing the Stand with Bolton Hospice fairer funding petition.\n<\/p>\n
\n The hospice will use the signatures to demonstrate public support for fairer hospice funding and press decision-makers to take action.\n<\/p>\n
\n Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK, said: “Hospices are facing a genuine cliff edge as funding fails to keep pace with rapidly rising costs and growing demand.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The current way in which hospices are funded is not fit for purpose.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is patients who will pay the prices for this unfair model.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The Government\u2019s plan for a Modern Service Framework to overhaul palliative and end of life care is welcome and the hospice sector will work with them at pace to deliver this.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But with nearly six in ten English hospices having made or considering cuts to frontline services, the truth is many can\u2019t wait; they need support right now to avoid further reductions in their care.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We\u2019ve already seen devastating cuts that have shrunk the care hospices can provide.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Desperately needed hospice beds are shut as hospices can\u2019t afford to staff them, and specialist community visits in people\u2019s homes are decreasing when they should be going up.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This all pushes more pressure back on to an already overloaded system.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We must act now to prevent further cuts that affect the care people get at the end of their lives.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We\u2019re calling on the government to take urgent action through Hospice UK’s four-point plan, which includes fully funding the specialist palliative care provided by hospices so they can continue delivering the vital care that patients and families rely on.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Hospices play a vital role in the wider health system, helping people with life-limiting illnesses receive the care they need both in hospices and at home.\n<\/p>\n
\n In doing so, they help keep people out of hospital, easing pressure on the NHS and preventing distressing, often avoidable A&E admissions.\n<\/p>\n
\n But as more hospices are forced to make cuts, that pressure is pushed back into the system.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pledge your support by signing your name at www.boltonhospice.org.uk\/standwith<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bolton Hospice is calling for fairer, sustainable government funding for hospice care and needs local people to back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}