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Today we have launched a vital resource for babies expected to have very short lives - The Perinatal Pathway for Babies with Palliative Care Needs. The pathway has been developed by Together for Short Lives with expert input from leading ethicists and clinicians...

Survey of children’s hospices shows nurse vacancy rate higher than NHS - has grown since 2015 The number of children and young people who use lifeline children’s hospice services is increasing. Yet the nursing shortfall means that children’s hospices are...

So what can you do? Every death matters, because every life matters. Every one of us, from the youngest to the oldest, deserves good quality end of life care, whoever we are, wherever we are, and whatever is bringing our...

As part of our wider conversation to inform the development of our new strategy, we will be publishing a series of blogs reflecting on what great children’s palliative care should look like in 2028, what needs to happen to get...

What should great children’s palliative care look like in 2028? It's a challenging question. Challenging for the families, children and young people we all support to look this far ahead. Challenging for many children’s palliative care services, operating in a...

A number of peers have called for the government to transform the way in which children’s palliative care is planned, funded and provided in England. On Tuesday (14 March), several peers called on the government to make sure that NHS...