The Association for Children's Palliative Care says too often parents and professionals shy away from talking to seriously ill children about sex. To tackle this it has produced guidance called Let's Talk About Sex: Let's Talk About You and Me.
The guidance outlines the support available from groups such as Contact a Family and calls for better training for all children's professionals in communicating with young people. It says better partnership working is important to achieve this with specific link-ups between professionals in sexual health, palliative care, social care and education.
The document also calls for all children's professionals to see support on sexual issues as a right for all young people with life-threatening conditions.
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