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Spotlight on Scotland

Date Posted
8 August, 2018
Author
Rachel Meehan

Over the next couple of weeks we'll be publishing three blog posts shining a spotlight on Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We want to raise awareness and celebrate the great work being done and fantastic services available in these areas...

The government needs to fund, not fail seriously ill children

Date Posted
30 July, 2018
Author
James Cooper

Together for Short Lives is calling on the government to get serious about proper funding for children’s palliative care. The 40,000 babies, children and young people in England with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions have some of the most complex health...

Why increasing the Children’s Hospice Grant is vital

Date Posted
18 July, 2018
Author
Toby Porter, Chief Executive, Acorns Children’s Hospice 

Together for Short Lives has launched a petition calling on the Government to use some of the recent £20 billion NHS funding boost to fund the lifeline services that support seriously ill children and their families. Toby Porter, Chief Executive...

We launch new campaign to increase funding for children’s palliative care

Date Posted
11 July, 2018

Today we are launching a public campaign asking Theresa May to increase the Children's Hospice Grant, which helps fund children's hospices – vital services that seriously ill children and families rely on. As the number of children with life-limiting conditions increases, demand for children’s palliative care...

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