Together for Short Lives has published a brand new interactive resource to help voluntary sector providers of children’s palliative care - including children’s hospices - to link in with NHS, education and care commissioners and providers in their local community. We have...
The Children and Families Bill, which will reform the way in which children and young people aged 0 – 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are assessed and supported, received Royal Assent on Thursday (14 March). From September,...
A new report by the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care, released today, highlights the challenges facing hospices over the next 10-15 years. Together for Short Lives welcomes the ambition that the Commission has set out for the future...
Together for Short Lives welcomes the Government’s commitment to develop guidance for local councils on when to begin planning young people’s transition from children’s to adult’s services. The commitment came from health minister Earl Howe during Wednesday’s (16 Oct) House...
In signing an open letter to David Cameron and Nick Clegg, Together for Short Lives has joined over 100 other charities and local parent groups to urge the Government to strengthen the Children and Families Bill to make life better for families...
Together for Short Lives is calling on Peers to amend to the Care Bill today (14 Oct) to ensure a generation of young people with life-limiting conditions do not have to face a cliff edge in their care and support....
