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Doug and Ben Morris share thoughts on the hopes and potential for the new NICE Guideline and Quality Standard - and show what needs to happen to make the guideline a reality for children, young people and families. Doug is...
Together for Short Lives has welcomed an important new set of standards which describe what high quality palliative care is for babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The new standard on ‘End of Life Care for...
Peers have today called for the government to make sure that the new NICE End of life care for children with life-limiting conditions guideline is implemented fully and consistently. Today’s lively debate arose from an oral question from Baroness Walmsley...
We reported recently on the shortfall of children’s hospice nurses and how this shortage is hitting care for UK’s sickest children. This, at a time when demand on children’s hospice services is increasing. We’re heading for a crisis in children’s...
New research published by the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed that councils are facing a huge funding shortfall for children’s social care. In 2015/16 councils overspent their children’s social care budgets by a total of £605 million to protect...
The recent media coverage of Charlie Gard’s has given rise to heightened interest and discussion about children’s palliative care (both here and abroad). The case has created a high level of public consciousness, but sadly this has also led to...
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