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Tickets go on sale for our 2027 conference

Date Posted
23 September, 2026

Children's palliative care professionals, sector leaders, policymakers, researchers and system-change advocates from across the UK are being invited to come together next spring to help shape the future of children's palliative care. Early bird tickets are now on sale for...

New bereavement leave rights for families: our statement

Date Posted
22 September, 2026

Together for Short Lives welcomes the UK Government's announcement that, from April 2027, employees who lose a spouse or partner, parent, adult child or sibling will have a new statutory right to bereavement leave. We also welcome the introduction of...

Leading the way on Hugh’s Law

Date Posted
28 August, 2026

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...

Andy Burnham’s preventative state must include children with serious illness

Date Posted
23 July, 2026
Author
Nick Carroll, Chief Executive Officer

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...

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