The children and young people's palliative and end of life care palliative service specification

The NHS England Service Specifications for Palliative and End of Life Care: Children and young people (CYP) provide a children and young people service model for delivering specialist level palliative care (SLPC) services from identification of need through to end of life.

It provides guidance for ICBs on:

  1. Population needs
  2. Outcomes that palliative and end of life care can achieve for children and young people and their families
  3. The scope of these services, including:
  • the aims and objectives of the service
  • the service model structure
  • how to deliver the integrated model
  • key service characteristics
  • the population covered
  • acceptance criteria
  • interdependence with other services and providers.

It also defines key terms and clarifies categories for palliative and end of life care for babies, children and young people.