News and Comment

Together for Short Lives has welcomed NHS England’s decision to recognise children’s palliative care as an important priority in its new long-term plan. The charity is now calling on the government to make sure this leads to properly resourced children’s...

We are delighted to be able to welcome the announcement that NHS England is increasing vital children’s hospice funding from £11million to £25million, better enabling lifeline hospices to support some of England’s most seriously ill children. This much-needed increase in...

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been awarded funding by Her Majesty’s Government and the Big Lottery Fund to tackle loneliness in families looking after a seriously ill child. The grant from the Building Connections Fund will be used...

Together for Short Lives is deeply concerned by a new report which has found that brothers and sisters of seriously ill children risk being left with poorer mental health and educational outcomes unless there is more funding to support them....

Together for Short Lives has welcomed the government’s decision to invest £350million in improving support for children in England with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We call on ministers to go further by using the Spending Review to...

Honest, open discussions and mutual respect between nursing teams and family members are key to bringing about good outcomes for seriously children who are part of Gypsy and Traveller families, a new resource published today has set out. Discussing a...