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Children’s palliative care is an active and total approach to care for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions that embraces physical, emotional, social and spiritual support from the point of diagnosis, throughout a child’s life, their death and beyond for...

Fantastic news today for children’s hospices and families caring for a child with a life-limiting condition as long-standing Patron of the children’s palliative care charity Simon Cowell announced that Morrisons have reached £5 million pounds in their fundraising efforts for...

As we mark 75 years of the NHS, it is absolutely right that we celebrate the contribution that the service makes to our society. But if we are to truly achieve Beveridge’s vision of a comprehensive medical service for all...

On Tuesday 20 June we published a ground-breaking report entitled “The Children in Wales Requiring Palliative Care: Trends in Prevalence and Complexity 2009 – 2019”. Produced to inform the future delivery of paediatric palliative care in Wales, including the services...

The latest policy information for families. To receive the latest policy roundup, sign up to our family newsletter here. Please sign our #SaveTheGrant petition Together for Short Lives has launched a campaign to protect and extend the Children’s Hospice Grant...

Earlier this year, NHS England (NHSE) told children’s hospices in England that the vital £25 million grant they receive – the Children’s Hospice Grant – will come to an end this year. In response, we are calling on the Government...