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Following heightened public interest, Together for Short Lives has written an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action on children’s palliative care. Read the open letter that Together for Short Lives, the UK children’s palliative care charity,...

The government has announced that it is to support a Bill to introduce a legal right to bereavement leave for parents whose child has died. The Bill, introduced to the House of Commons by Kevin Hollinrake MP, will seek to...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Children Who Need Palliative Care relaunched today LINK HERE FOR INFLUENCING POLICY ARTICLE (18 July) at the House of Commons. Excitingly, the group is now being led by two new co-chairs - Labour MP Catherine McKinnell and Conservative MP...

Statutory funding for adult and children’s hospices in England is fragile, unfair and unsustainable according to findings released today by national charities, Hospice UK and Together for Short Lives. More than two thirds of the hospices surveyed report that their...

Government's drive towards Brexit mustn’t put the brakes on much needed reform for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Together for Short Lives has expressed its disappointment that some of the good commitments made in the Conservative Party manifesto which...

As we digest the outcome of the 2017 General Election we should also reflect on commitments on palliative and hospice care made by some of the parties in their manifestos. This cross-party recognition is good news for the 49,000 children...