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Leading UK children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives is urging MPs to maintain their focus on palliative care despite the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill falling at second reading stage in the House of Commons. A...
Too many families of children with serious illness may be missing out on the care that helps them spend precious time together at home, our new report has found. In Home first, except when it matters most, we reveal significant...
After losing their son Hugh to a rare cancer, Ceri and Frances turned grief into action. Their work is now helping to change the support available to families caring for seriously ill children. When Ceri and Frances' five-year-old son Hugh...
On Monday, Andy Burnham became Prime Minister promising to be a “circuit-breaker for Britain”, rebuild public services and create what he described as a more preventative state. Of everything he said in his first speech, one commitment stood out above...
Emilie Maughan has worked as a Children’s Nurse for over 15 years, caring for children with complex and life-threatening conditions. During Children’s Hospice Week, she joined children’s hospice nurse and advocate, Francesca Lennon, and their friend, Zoe Rodger, to climb...
This week, the Kentown Support Children’s Community Palliative Care Programme, launches across Greater Manchester, bringing community-based palliative and end of life care to babies, children and young people with serious illness across the region. Across Greater Manchester, children's hospices and...
When temperatures climb, caring for a child with serious illness can feel even more challenging. Hot weather can affect children differently depending on their condition, medications, or the equipment they rely on. As an experienced children’s nurse, I appreciate how...
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