UK children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives has welcomed an important government announcement which could mark the beginning of the end for the baby benefit bar. As the law stands, seriously ill babies and young children under the age of...

Together for Short Lives is one of 40 charities working to prevent baby deaths and pregnancy loss, and is today urging an end to the postcode lottery in bereavement care for parents. Pregnancy and baby loss affects thousands of families...

UK children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives has welcomed progress highlighted by ministers today (21 September) in improving choice for children in England who need palliative care and their families. However, it has called on the government, NHS...

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...

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...