What is Children’s Palliative Care?

Palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions is an active and total approach to care, embracing physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements.

It focuses on enhancement of quality of life for the child and support for the family and includes the management of distressing symptoms, provision of respite and care through death and bereavement.

• Responding to health needs of children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and their families
• Delivering care in the setting of the families choice
• Achieved through partnership between statutory and voluntary sectors
• Based on a managed service network
• Delivering an integrated care pathway
• Drawing on a range of specialist care providers
• Maintaining standards through education, training, research and development