Rennie visits Children’s hospice helped by Scot Lib Dem budget deal

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Willie Rennie has today visited Rachel House Children’s Hospice in Kinross to hear about their work providing palliative care, respite care, and end-of-life care for children and young people with life-shortening conditions, as well as support for their families.

His visit follows Scottish Liberal Democrat budget negotiations which secured an additional £5m for the hospice sector to help recruit skilled staff.

Mr Rennie said:

“I’d like to thank the staff of Rachel House for welcoming here today to see their important work. It is an incredibly powerful experience to hear about what they are doing week-in week-out to help children with life shortening conditions and their families.

“At the recent Scottish Government budget, Scottish Liberal Democrats took the opportunity seriously and secured millions of pounds for the hospice sector so it was important for me to come and visit and hear about how additional funds can be put to work to support service users by recruiting skilled staff.

“Liberal Democrats worked to make a real difference through the budget process by helping hospices like Rachel House alongside more funds for colleges, long Covid, GPs, dentists and more."