A BOLTON MP has called for an end to funding differences in funding between adult’s and children’s hospices across England.

Chris Green, MP for Bolton West, is concerned that while adult hospices gain 30 per cent of funding from the NHS, children's hospices get just 15 per cent.

Mr Green said: "Both adults and children’s hospices provide an invaluable service for those in their care and also for their families, such as Bolton Hospice and Derian House.

“However, children’s hospices receive much less funding from the NHS in comparison to adult’s hospices, meaning that children’s hospice staff have to focus more time on fundraising campaigns when they ought to be focussed on providing care for some of the most severely unwell children.

“This is why I have called for a debate to take place on these funding problems, so that children’s hospices receive the fairer funding that they need and deserve to continue to carry out their fantastic work.”

Mr Green has raised his concerns in Parliament about the hospice funding disparity and praised the work of hospice Derian House, which supports and care for children across Lancashire.

Mr Green asked for a debate on closing the funding gap between the two types of hospice.

Andrea Leadsom told Mr Green the £11 million children’s hospice grant for 2018/19 would help address the funding gap between children's and adult hospices.