RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak pledged his support for Hospice Care Week during a visit to a Darlington hospice which serves his constituency.
Mr Sunak signed the Hospice Care Week pledge during his tour of St Teresa’s Hospice.
The facility provides services for many of his constituents with life-limiting illnesses and their families in North Yorkshire.
Mr Sunak said: “I am very aware of how important the services provided by St Teresa’s are.
“They touch so many of our lives.”
During his tour, which was organised by Mary Lovell OBE, chair of the hospice’s Richmond support group, Mr Sunak learnt about the hospice’s £1.4m ten-bed inpatient unit currently under construction in the grounds of its Woodland Road base.
He was told how a third of the hospice’s £2.2m annual budget is met by the NHS and how the remainder is covered by fundraising and donations.
He met a number of patients, many staff and some of the 400 volunteers who provide a range of vital services.
The theme for Hospice Care Week 2015 is connecting care, focusing on the special role hospices play in linking up individuals, families and communities.
Mr Sunak showed his support for the week by writing a personal message thanking the hospice for its contribution to the community.
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