Short Lives Can’t Wait
On Monday 22 July we wrote to the Prime Minster to ask him to fix the huge gaps in the children’s palliative workforce and funding. 3,660 of you have joined our call to end the postcode lottery in children’s palliative care for the thousands of families in the UK who, like Osian’s, are not able to access the care and support they need because of where they live.
Our #ShortLivesCantWait campaign is asking Sir Keir Starmer to protect the ringfenced £25m that NHS England provides to children’s hospices and fill the annual £295m NHS funding gap for children’s palliative care in England.
Thank you for your support.
There is still more to do
Find out more about the key challenges for children’s palliative care facing the new UK Government by reading about our five ‘must-dos’ for the new Government here. And if you have time please email your MP now to ask them to press ministers to take these actions early in the new Parliament. You can find out here who your MP is and how to contact them.
And if you want to support our work to make sure seriously ill children and their families get the lifeline care and support they need, there are plenty of other ways you can get involved in our work here.