News and Comment

Together for Short Lives' Ambassador Lance Corporal Richard Jones has been sprinkling magic and entertaining young adults and their families at a community group called Inspire! run by The J’s Hospice, part of Havens Hospices. Richard’s visit to the J’s...

Shailza and Daniel Leaver have two beautiful boys just a year apart in age. They smile and giggle and win hearts just like any other 4 and 3 year old but sadly neither Riley nor Stanley is able to sit,...

My name is Gabriella Walker. In February this year, my daughter Thea died aged two years and nine months. She had Niemann-Pick disease type A, a rare, degenerative life-limiting condition. Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, which provides services to more...

Luen Thompson, Chief Executive of Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, says that in Children’s Hospice Week, it’s absolutely right that we ask ourselves the very ethical question about how we fund the support offered to children with palliative care needs...

NHS and local council cuts are hitting lifeline care for seriously ill children, a survey of 27 children’s hospices in England carried out by charity Together for Short Lives has shown. The news comes as NHS England chief executive Simon...

Tackling misconceptions has always been an important part of Children's Hospice Week. It's our responsibility to ensure that families across the UK have a full picture of what children's palliative care is, and how it works. That's why, earlier in...