Letter to Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer

Dear Prime Minister,

Leuchie House is the only specialist provider of overnight respite care with combined health and healthcare technology services for people with Neurological conditions in the UK.

You may be aware that neurological conditions are now the leading cause of disability globally and in the UK contribute significantly to the growing burden of disease on NHS and Social Care Services.

The proactive and preventative health services offered by Leuchie reduce the burden on our NHS, Social Care System and the families and relatives of those we serve, who travel from all parts of the UK to access this scarce resource.

The impact of your Chancellor's budget is the introduction of an unfunded cost increase of £100k for the charity. This will lead to a reduction in charity support and an increase in suffering for families. There will be a directly consequential increase in the cost of statutory health and social care services.

Leuchie is but one of many charities bridging the gap, between the health needs of some of the most vulnerable in our population and the shortage caused by an overburdened health and social care system. Balancing improvements in the NHS on the back of gap filling charities is a Treasury move which is hard to understand, impossible for charities to sustain and deeply unpopular.

This, perhaps unintended consequence of the otherwise understandable Treasury decision to increase employers National Insurance contributions require your leadership to address by mitigating the impact for UK health charities.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Bevan Leuchie CEO