WellChild Care

WellChild Children's Nurses are now playing a valuable role in ensuring that children and young people can leave hospital and are key to preventing frequent re-admissions.  
The number of children and young people with long term and complex health conditions continues to increase. While significant developments in children's health have helped to improve the lives of these children and young people and secure them a more long term future, there are still unique challenges to be faced.

Children improve and recover much more quickly from health problems if care is provided at home in a familiar setting, where they feel safe and are surrounded by their family. Long-term hospitalisation can also result in a changed family dynamic, so everyone benefits when a family can be reunited at home.

There is so much to do - both for the children and in continuing to support the families caring for them. WellChild's commitment to helping these children and young people is unwavering and will continue to be so.

WellChild is currently lobbying alongisde the Royal College of Nurses as part of a 'Better At Home Campaign'.