As an independent hospice, we receive around 38% of our overall funding from the NHS, with nearly £2million from NHS Forth Valley and £569,000 from NHS Lanarkshire. This means that we need to raise a further £12,900 every single day to keep our services running.

At a recent meeting, we were advised that NHS Lanarkshire has committed its entire funding to Kilbryde Hospice in East Kilbride and St. Andrew's Hospice in Airdrie - to the detriment of Strathcarron Hospice and patients in Cumbernauld & Kilsyth. Although we have received funding this year, there is no certainty of this funding continuing beyond 2020 and a risk, that at the very least, NHS Lanarkshire will wish to provide much less funding for our services. We could not continue to provide services in Cumbernauld & Kilsyth for less money and with no financial security as this risks destabilising Strathcarron Hospice as an organisation.