News and Comment

We have welcomed today’s speech by the Prime Minister (18 June 2018) in which she announced a 10-year funding plan and an average increase to NHS England’s budget of 3.4% in each of the next five years. We now ask...

Together for Short Lives is proud to announce an exciting new initiative for children’s palliative care across the UK. A new research study called “Make Every Child Count” will give an up-to-date estimate of the number of babies, children and...

Together for Short Lives is delighted that the government has decided not to charge a new medical examiner fee to parents bereaved of children up to the age of 18. Under proposals consulted on by the government in 2016, a...

The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a cross-government action plan to support unpaid carers, with strategies to raise the profile of carers and improve their employment opportunities. The Carers Action Plan, launched on 5 June, states that...

Together for Short Lives is one of 16 organisations that have joined together to form the first ever Children and Young People with Cancer Coalition. The Children and Young People with Cancer Coalition (CYCC) is a chief executive-led charity coalition....

The Scottish Government has announced that bereaved parents will no longer be charged by local authorities to bury their children. The SNP administration has committed £500,000 to pay for the fees, helping to mitigate some of the financial pressures that...