News and Comment

Last week, my limited scientific knowledge (a barely scraped GCSE pass) was stretched to the limit by a brilliant presentation given by Professor Persis Amrolia, from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, about research into CAR-T (chimeric...

We have welcomed a new law which, the government expects, will introduce a right to two weeks’ paid leave for working parents across the UK who are bereaved of a child from 2020. The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act...

We’re thrilled to chosen as one of the beneficiary charities for the BGC Charity Day which commemorates the colleagues and employees they lost in 9/11. Our Patron Holly Willoughby, special friend Melanie Sykes and Ambassador Lance Corporal Richard Jones will...

A couple of weeks ago, the Government’s call for evidence on its strategy to combat loneliness closed. It was easy to miss, with little or no media fanfare. But the Government’s commitment to tackling loneliness and isolation in society is...

Throughout August we’re focusing on the support available to families looking after a seriously ill child in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. We’ve published three blogs celebrating the great work being done in these areas, and raising awareness of the...

Together for Short Lives has welcomed the NHS in England’s decision to include healthy childhoods and integrated and personalised care for people with long-term conditions as key areas of its new long-term plan. NHS Improvement published details of its approach...