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Barbara Gelb OBE, Chief Executive of Together for Short Lives, appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to call for the government to end the children’s palliative care funding crisis. Speaking alongside David Pastor, CEO for Claire House Children’s Hospice, she...

When you are sitting in a consulting room waiting for the consultant to explain why your child isn’t progressing as well as you might expect, or there is something visibly wrong but you don’t know what it is, a multitude...

Last week, we launched the You Can Be That Nurse campaign with a new film encouraging nurses to consider a career in children’s palliative care. The campaign has sparked a lot of interest on social media from people at different...

I chose a career in nursing because I wanted to make a difference. I now work as a Team Leader for a children’s hospice. Whenever I say this, people often assume it’s a really sad job. I can understand why...

Number of children and young people living with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition rising Shortage of qualified nurses providing children’s palliative care in the voluntary sector having a negative impact on care New film launched by charity Together for Short...

When Children’s Hospice UK and ACT merged to become Together for Short Lives five years ago, one of the first things we did was to think about our culture and our values – what kind of organisation did we need...