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Together for Short Lives has welcomed an important new set of standards which describe what high quality palliative care is for babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The new standard on ‘End of Life Care for Infants, Children and Young People’ comprises six quality...

Peers have today called for the government to make sure that the new NICE End of life care for children with life-limiting conditions guideline is implemented fully and consistently. Today’s lively debate arose from an oral question from Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat), following...

We reported recently on the shortfall of children’s hospice nurses and how this shortage is hitting care for UK’s sickest children. This, at a time when demand on children’s hospice services is increasing. We’re heading for a crisis in children’s...

New research published by the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed that councils are facing a huge funding shortfall for children’s social care. In 2015/16 councils overspent their children’s social care budgets by a total of £605 million to protect children at...

The recent media coverage of Charlie Gard’s has given rise to heightened interest and discussion about children’s palliative care (both here and abroad). The case has created a high level of public consciousness, but sadly this has also led to...

Following heightened public interest, Together for Short Lives has written an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action on children’s palliative care. Read the open letter that Together for Short Lives, the UK children’s palliative care charity, has...