Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launched the pilot saying that although a fairer funding system is needed the information essential to developing a new system is not currently available.
A consortium led by the East of England Child Health and Wellbeing Team, the West Midlands Paediatric Palliative Care Network, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Northwest Children and Young People's Palliative Care Network will be tasked with collecting information under the £400,000 pilot.
Announcing the pilots, Lansley said: "It is most important to us that both children and adults, their families and carers get the right care and support at the end of their lives. This includes being able to make choices about where they are cared for, including at the end of their life.
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