A fresh bid to save Liverpool’s Marie Curie Hospice has been launched.
The purpose-built facility on Speke Road in Woolton announced its permanent closure earlier this month after providing palliative care for more than 60 years.
Issues around funding and staffing were given as the reason for the hospice’s operations ceasing, having originally been stood down in July last year.
But a motion will be brought before Liverpool City Council’s cabinet at the end of this month in attempts to ensure Marie Curie’s continued operation in the area.
The motion tabled by the city’s Liberal Democrats calls on the council to open dialogue with the charity’s trustees on a number of issues around its reopening.
This includes looking at how money raised locally for Marie Curie can be ringfenced to make up any shortfall in funding from the NHS integrated care board.
Cllr Malcolm Kelly, who represents the Woolton Village ward, said: “The Marie Curie Hospice has been a huge part of the community here in Woolton and it has provided care to people across the city and beyond.
“Councillors from across other political persuasions have already made huge efforts alongside local campaigners, staff and volunteers to try and save this unit and keep it open”
Liverpool Lib Dems leader Cllr Carl Cashman added: “This issue doesn’t just impact Woolton or South Liverpool but the whole city and beyond.
“I hope all the political groups can agree to do everything in our power to save this vital community service.”