{"id":1568,"date":"2023-07-18T14:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/2023\/07\/18\/statement-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:06:32","slug":"statement-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/2023\/07\/18\/statement-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the cost of living\u00a0crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospiceuk.org\/latest-from-hospice-uk\/hospices-facing-mounting-cost-pressures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A survey published on 28 March by Hospice UK<\/a> has found that the cost of living crisis could have a devastating impact on hospices in the UK, and the services they provide.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from this survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/nhs-government-hospice-strathcarron-hospice-east-of-england-b2312153.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and its stark implications for the UK hospice movement<\/a>, here is a statement by Maria Timon Samra, Chief Executive of T\u0177\u00a0Hafan, in relation to the on-going impact of the cost of living crisis on T\u0177\u00a0Hafan Children&#8217;s Hospice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are waiting to understand the terms of any settlement with NHS Wales as this will directly impact\u00a0our ability to recruit and retain\u00a0vital nursing and care staff.\u00a0We are, naturally, very concerned\u00a0as this will directly impact\u00a0our bottom line as we will have to absorb the impact of such increases directly\u00a0in order to\u00a0remain competitive and to recruit and retain\u00a0high valued frontline staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fundraising landscape has become increasingly challenging due to the impact of increased overheads and the cost of living crisis on our supporters, on whom we rely for over 90% of our\u00a0income; this, coupled with the increased costs we face to operate, is increasingly of concern\u00a0as\u00a0the Welsh Government has been abundantly clear that there will be no\u00a0increase in the monies\u00a0available to support us due to their budgetary constraints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite promises from Jacob Rees-Mogg that hospices would be at the front of the queue, it seems that, once again, we have been forgotten.\u00a0The statutory sector has become increasingly dependent on charities like ours\u00a0so we are in a no-win situation; however\u00a0we remain\u00a0resolute in our determination to be there for the children and families who need us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey published on 28 March by Hospice UK has found that the cost of living crisis could have a devastating impact on hospices in the UK, and the services they provide. Following on from this survey, and its stark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":1562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyhoeddiadau","category-dan-sylw"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ty-hafan.spindogs-dev7.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}