News and Comment

MPs and peers issue call for evidence on palliative care choices for babies, children and young people. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Children Who Need Palliative Care has today (24 November) launched an inquiry on the extent to which the government...

Bayer has handed over a cheque for £25,952 to Together for Short Lives. The cash was raised after 226 people from Bayer’s General Medicine division took part in a  swim-cycle-run ‘Try-Athlon’ in July – followed by a big day of...

The Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer this afternoon was trailed as one which would mean Britain is ‘fit for the future’ however it represents a missed opportunity to improve palliative care and support for the 49,000+ seriously ill...

UK children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives has expressed its disappointment that the government seems to be missing an important opportunity to end the crisis in children’s social care funding. This follows the government's announcement on 17 November that...

Two innovative projects launch today, to help young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition get the vital support they need, made possible by funding from Together for Short Lives – the UK charity for children’s palliative care. Advances in...

Dr Sarah Mitchell, GP in Birmingham who has written a local palliative care strategy for the city, reflects on her appearance on BBC 5 Live Investigates (12 November 2017) to talk about Together for Short Lives’ ‘Commissioning 2017’ report. She also emphasises why...