The Children's Palliative Care Strategy, launched yesterday (19 February), sets out what services primary care trusts (PCTs) should provide for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Both the Association for Children's Palliative Care (Act) and the Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) expressed concern that PCTs might not follow the guidance.
Lizzie Chambers, chief executive of Act, said: "The strategy is not mandatory. The problem for us is it needs to be locally used and delivered. It's a test of whether devolved services work because there are not many children but there is high need."
Barbara Gelb, chief executive of ACH, added: "The biggest thing is how well the strategy is implemented. It's dependent on how this devolved government is working."
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