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Neonatal Care: Financial support for parents of babies needing additional care: Amendment of the Minister for Social Security

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A decision made 10 July 2023:

Decision Reference:  MD-SOSEC-2023-453

Public

Subject: Support for parents of babies needing additional neonatal care (P.52/2023): Amendment

 

Report Title: Support for parents of babies needing additional neonatal care (P.52/2023): Amendment

Public

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for an Amendment to P.52/2023 Support for parents of babies needing additional neonatal care, to be lodged 'au Greffe'.

Reason for Decision(s):

The Minister acknowledges the challenges faced by parents when a baby is born prematurely or requires hospital treatment within the first four weeks of life. The Amendment, if passed, would extend the timeframe for these proposals to be developed to December 2024.

Resource Implications: There are no additional financial implications arising from the amendment.  Policy resources will be required to undertake this project and therefore will not be available for other agreed priorities.  The report identifies the possible financial cost of providing benefits at a total of over £300,000 a year. The report does not identify a funding source for this additional expenditure and this will be investigated as part of the overall project in 2024. Whilst Ministers are supportive of this proposal, its implementation (to the extent of any benefit payments) will be entirely dependent upon securing sufficient funding on an ongoing basis. Concluding the project by the end of 2024 will allow for a bid for funding in the 2025 Government Plan to be sought, if necessary.

 

Action Required: Private Secretary to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the amendment to be lodged to be debated at the States sitting on the 18th July 2023.

Signature:

 

 

Signed By: Minister for Social Security

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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