Seriously ill children need short breaks which can meet their often complex physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. This new report demonstrates short break care for seriously ill children reduces the risks of parents experiencing poor physical and mental health. This reduces their demand for NHS services and the number of sick days they need to take off work.
Julia House & Together For Short Lives, October 2020. Give me a break: how the UK Government can improve parental health and reduce health inequalities by allocating short break funding for seriously ill children in England at the Comprehensive Spending Review. 27 pages.
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