All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children who Need Palliative Care
To inform policy which secures the best quality of life and death for the growing number of babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. To improve awareness of their needs and to make sure they are understood by those who can help, including government and parliament.
Subject Group; Health, Medicine & Public Health|Social Care, Welfare & Family Support.
Secretariat: Together for Short Lives acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/
Members
- Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Vice Chair)
- Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Chair & Registered Contact)
- Lord Balfe (Co-Chair)
- Peter Dowd (Vice Chair)
Funding and benefits registered
- Together for Short Lives: Benefits In Kind, £31,501-33,000 (received 12 November 2025)