The latest funding rise falls “well short” of the increase in costs it faces.
Emma Johnson, chief executive at St Leonard’s Hospice, told The Press the hospice received a 1.2 per cent uplift in government funding on what it received last year.
This, she explained, fell “well short of the actual increase in costs” the hospice has experienced and means it faces the next financial year with a £800,000 deficit in its budget.
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