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A new report we have released today shows that in many places across the UK, families caring for a seriously ill child cannot access the palliative and end of life care they need: The estimated gap in NHS funding for childrens palliative care in England has grown from 295 million to 310 million in just […] The post Growing funding gap leaves families of seriously ill children without end of life care at home appeared first on Together for Short Lives.
Picture it: Emmy Grace, confident and determined, approaches the kitchen counter. In one corner, a pot of egg noodles. In the other, a simmering pan of meatball-packed pasta sauce. Instead of grabbing a plate and serving it all at once, she begins an inefficient dance, back and forth, noodles, sauce, noodles, sauce that would make any operations manager break into a cold sweat.
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Picture it: Emmy Grace, confident and determined, approaches the kitchen counter. In one corner, a pot of egg noodles. In the other, a simmering pan of meatball-packed pasta sauce. Instead of grabbing a plate and serving it all at once, she begins an inefficient dance, back and forth, noodles, sauce, noodles, sauce that would make any operations manager break into a cold sweat.
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