As part of a package of measures put forward by the Department of Health last week, children in need of continuing care will be offered tailor-made funding through individual budgets for the first time. The proposed National Framework for Assessing Children and Young People's Continuing Care Needs also plans to end a postcode lottery. Instead of local councils and health trusts deciding which children are entitled to funding, the framework would see decisions based on a national set of criteria. An Association of Children's Palliative Care...