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BBC News
6 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
St Catherine's Hospice 'needs more vital funding'
A hospice that provides "vital" palliative care is warning that it is not receiving enough money from government or fundraising to support its current level of Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall in Preston, Lancashire, is partly funded by the NHS, but has to find more than £5m a year from the community to maintain its executive Lynn Kelly said its annual deficit is running close to £ Department for Health and Social Care has said it is providing an extra £25m to hospices with a further £75m to come. Ms Kelly said the hospice, which opened 40 years ago, costs £8.3m a year to NHS provided 26% last year, this year it was 23%, and ideally she wants a three-year programme to get that figure up to 35%. 'Radical rethink' "The only income line that hasn't increased in recent years in line with inflation is the NHS income, so that is the one we really need to address," she said."The deficit has been growing over the last number of years and that is a concern."She said there needs to be a radical re-think of how hospice services across the country are funded if current demand, and a predicted increase in those needing care is to be met."At the moment there are over 3,000 people who need palliative care in central Lancashire," she said. "In the next 15 years that is going to increase by 55% and deaths from dementia are going to triple, so hospice services are going to be more in demand than ever before."We know already too many people die before we can get to them. "Last year 220 people died before we could get to them and that will only grow if we can't get our funding." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Extra.ie
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Keep glued to Extra for all the guna's, gossip and Style Award winners
Excitement is mounting as the hoi-polloi are preparing to descend on the Intercontinental Hotel in the leafy environs of Ballsbridge for this year's VIP Style Awards. And as Ireland's celebrity set rock up the colonial-esque style hotel and sashay through the glass fronted double doors , manned by a legion of suitably attired footmen, the chatter of course will be focused on the fashion. So with the red carpet rolled out and Uber's pulling up en masse, the preparation for the style parade has been days, if not weeks, in the works. Pic: Lynn Kelly/Instagram Between shopping, chopping and changing, fittings and flitting between, beauty and for a few Botox appointments, getting Style Awards ready is a rigorous routine. Former Miss Ireland Lynn Kelly made sure her stunning mane of brown hair was sleek and shimmering for her red carpet moment. Lynn, who was crowned Ireland's most beautiful over a decade ago, posted a picture perched in the hair salon yesterday ahead of tonight's awards. Pic: Thalia Heffernan/Instagram And Ireland's supermodel Thalia Heffernan pitched up at designer Louise Kennedy's stylish boutique in efforts to search for the perfect dress for tonight. Former Fair City actress Jenny Lee Dixon had a last-minute dress fitting before her Style Awards soiree. Pic: Jenny Dixon/Instagram So as the stars step out in their most stylish attire their monumental pre-awards prep demonstrates that looking a million dollars takes can take a lot of effort. Keep glued to tonight for all the guna's, the gossip and of course the winners…..
