MP Mark Pritchard demands meeting on 'crass' cut to Telford hospice funding
An urgent meeting over the "crass" decision to reduce funding for the Severn Hospice in Telford is being set up by Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard.
The MP said there was no justification for Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to cut its funding to the hospice by 25 per cent.
The cut will leave a £250,000 hole in the charity's budget. Mr Pritchard said the cut was completely unnecessary.
He said: "I am seeking an urgent meeting with the lead director of the CCG, Dave Evans, asking him to explain this crass decision.
"There is no justification for this. It is insensitive and completely unnecessary. These beds must stay open and the decision must be reversed.
"Patients, families and superb staff, deserve far better support from the local CCG senior management."
More than 3,700 people across the county have signed a petition calling for Government to reverse the cuts and support the hospice care, and Julie Ward, the woman behind the Let's Go Quacker's art trail that raised money for the hospice last year, has launched a new online crowdfunding campaign to try to make up the shortfall.
