Article: What will the "new normal" look like for children's services

While severe cases of COVID-19 in children have been rare, with just 70 intensive care admissions  by mid June, children's services have been hard hit.  This article looks at what strategies adopted to cope with the pandemic are likely to stay.

Evans, N. 2020.  What will the "new normal" look like for children's services.  Nursing Children and Young People, 32 (5) p 8 - 11.

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Article: Why is 24/7 community children's palliative care still not widely available?

The article discusses the 2017 report from Together for Short Lives looking at the shortage of community children's nurses (CCNs) and the third of English clinical commissioning groups who do not fund CCNs to provide palliative care for seriously ill children at night or weekends.   It summaries the findings of the report.

Sadler, C. 2018.  Why is 24/7 community children's palliative care still not widely available?  Nursing Children and Young People, 30 (2) p 8 - 9.

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[Article] Partnership working between hospice and children's community nursing teams

This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a new partnership between The Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service across Berkshire, and the NHS Children's Community Nursing Team.  The purpose of the new partnership was to offer greater choice to families, providing respite and 24/7 end of life care.  The article discusses the service design, service delivery and evaluation.

Bennett., H. et al.  2016.  Partnership working between hospice and children's community nursing teams.  Nursing Children and Young People, 28 (9) p 26 - 30

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