News and Comment

Together for Short Lives has welcomed the government’s decision to freeze average annual household energy bills at £2,500 for two years from 1 October. But we have warned that much more is needed to help families of seriously ill children...

Together for Short Lives reveals that Dr Lisa Kauffmann MB BS, MSc, FRCPCH, Dip Pall Med, will become the new Chair of the Board of Trustees, when the incumbent Chair, Dr Hilary Cass OBE, stands down in March 2023.

Chelsea and England star, Mason Mount, is giving fans one last chance to buy limited edition MOUNTchandise in an online store, following on from the success of Mason Mount’s pop-up MOUNTchandise shop, open for one weekend only in July 2022....

Together for Short Lives, Contact, Scope and other organisations representing disabled children and their families have today published an open letter to the Conservative Party Leadership candidates calling for urgent action to address the mounting hardship facing families caring for...

Discussing children’s palliative care and end of life care of children is always a difficult subject, as it is a specialist area which most people both never have to experience and instinctively shy away from. Understandably, for those not close...

"Many of the families we support don't get a break from 24/7 caring" Sophie has been a nurse for 12 years and always knew she wanted to work in children's palliative care. Hear from her in her own words about...