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Article: Funds hope for hospice HEALTH: Review boost for terminally-ill children

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May 24, 2007
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A THREATENED Midland charity for terminally-ill children believes an independent Government review may have secured its future.

Acorns Children's Hospice has welcomed a major review by Whitehall saying it should help the charity get more cash that it desperately needs.

The Government is urging councils, children's hospices and NHS health teams providing palliative end of life care to work together and make funding for the cause more of a priority.

The review looked at long-term funding of care for terminally-ill children after talks between children's hospice workers and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

"This review is hugely important and we welcome its recommendations," said David Strudley, ...

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