News and Comment

We are pleased to launch the final report from our Big Study project. This complements the Summary and the Full Findings reports which were published last year.  All these reports can now be accessed from our Big Study project hub. The Big Study...

Together for Short Lives welcomes a new report “Palliative and End of Life Care for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK”, commissioned jointly by Public Health England and Marie Curie Cancer Care from the Cicely Saunders Institute...

Together for Short Lives has launched a new edition of the world’s first care pathway for children with palliative care needs – A Core Care Pathway for Children with Life-limiting and Life-threatening Conditions. First issued in 2004 and reissued in 2007,...

The Together for Short Lives Transition Taskforce is calling on the Government to do more to ensure smooth and well planned care for young people who transition from children’s to adult’s palliative care services. The call comes as Peers prepare...

Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge, is celebrating Children’s Hospice Week, and has recorded her first ever video message to encourage people to support their local children’s hospice service. The video message will be aired for the first time...

Celebrities are thinking like heroes and choosing their favourite superpowers in recognition of UK’s children’s hospices which, just like superheroes, are there for children and families when they need them most. Thank you everyone for your support!! Jools Oliver: “There...