6. Young Patients Family Fund
The Young Patients Family Fund (YPFF) can help with expenses if your child, aged under 18, is a hospital in-patient. The YPFF can assist with the following expenses to enable you to visit or stay with your child while they are in hospital:
•transport (reasonable costs);
•parking;
•meals, where they are not provided free of charge;
•accommodation, where it is not provided free of charge.
The YPFF can help parents, carers and siblings with expenses.
See for more information on the fund and how to claim.