• ​Welcome to the Wessex Children's and Young Adults' Palliative Care Network

    We are a group of professionals spanning health, education and social care who care for children and young adults with palliative care needs.  In 2020 we started as a small steering group across hospital, hospice, schools, commissioning and community services to consider how we might meet the significant gaps in provision of palliative and end of life care across Wessex.  We have now expanded to form a community of professionals from statutory, independent and voluntary sectors with the aim of ensuring every CYA with a life limiting condition is cared for by a competent, confident and compassionate team.  Launching as a Wessex wide network in Summer 2023 we plan to deliver a rolling program of education and training, provide forums for discussion and support as well as establish an annual conference.  We want to encourage collaboration across the primary-secondary-tertiary healthcare footprint in Wessex to improve patient pathways, produce guidance, and breakdown barriers between organisations.  We provide an opportunity for professionals in Wessex to support the work towards achieving holistic 24/7 care for our population who deserve the very best but are often forgotten by ‘the system’.  Let me explain with Jayden’s story….

    Patient Stories

  • September 2024

    25th September 2024 - Advanced Care Planning Study Day

    ​​Time - 9:30am - 4:30pm
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    Cost - £30 per person

    This training day will be an opportunity to explore the new version 5 of the Children and Young People’s Advance Care Plan and learn how to plan for the future where that future is uncertain and the ‘right’ answers or path aren’t clear. Learn how to respond to difficult questions and how to use the advance care planning process to support your patients, teams, and help achieve care that is best for the child or young adult, in the right place, at the right time, by the right team. 
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    Venue: Naomi House and Jacksplace, 
    Stockbridge Road
    Sutton Scotney
    Winchester, SO21 3JE
    January 2025

    15th January 2025 - Journal Club

    All Welcome
    ​​Time - 1:15pm - 2:15pm
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    On Wednesday 23rd October 2024, we are holding our quarterly journal club being hosted by Wessex-Oxford Paediatric Oncology ODN. 
    Click here to join the Teams Meeting
    April 2025

    23rd April 2025 - Journal Club

    All Welcome
    ​​Time - 1:15pm - 2:15pm
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    On Wednesday 23rd October 2024, we are holding our quarterly journal club being hosted by Wessex-Oxford Paediatric Oncology ODN. 
    Click here to join the Teams Meeting
    July 2025

    9th July 2025 - Journal Club

    All Welcome
    ​​Time - 1:15pm - 2:15pm
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    On Wednesday 23rd October 2024, we are holding our quarterly journal club being hosted by Wessex-Oxford Paediatric Oncology ODN. 
    Click here to join the Teams Meeting
    October 2025

    15th October 2025 - Journal Club

    All Welcome
    ​​Time - 1:15pm - 2:15pm
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    On Wednesday 23rd October 2024, we are holding our quarterly journal club being hosted by Wessex-Oxford Paediatric Oncology ODN. 
    Click here to join the Teams Meeting
The Network Hosted by Naomi House and Jacksplace Hospices, University Hospitals Southampton and Hampshire Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (links to the three organisation home pages (NH, Southampton Children’s Hospital, HIOW ICB)