The majority of children in England with life-shortening conditions, and their families, are being short changed or ignored, our recent survey has found. There are 40,000 children and young people with life-shortening conditions in England, and the number is rising....
Together for Short Lives has published a new guide to help families of children and young people with life-limiting conditions join-up their education, health and social care. Free to download and use, the interactive online guide helps families to understand their rights...
Together for Short Lives, the UK children’s palliative care charity, is calling on UK governments to invest in community children’s nursing teams with the skills, knowledge and time to deliver round the clock end of life care to terminally ill...
A star studded Midsummer Ball hosted by Patron Simon Cowell for UK children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives, raised a staggering £400,000 in support of the charity’s work with seriously ill children and their families. The Midsummer Ball...
Together for Short Lives welcomes the Government’s commitment to develop guidance for local councils on when to begin planning young people’s transition from children’s to adult’s services. The commitment came from health minister Earl Howe during Wednesday’s (16 Oct) House...
Together for Short Lives is calling on Peers to amend to the Care Bill today (14 Oct) to ensure a generation of young people with life-limiting conditions do not have to face a cliff edge in their care and support....
