CHIPS

CHIPS is a specialist service designed to provide expert palliative care support for babies, children and young people with serious and life-threatening conditions and their families.

The service works alongside the other clinical teams who are caring for them.

CHIPS is a regional service supporting babies, children and young people across the North East and north Cumbria.

Their roles include:

• General advice and support for teams, families and children with serious and life-threatening conditions.
• Introducing palliative care to children and their families at the time it is needed whether that be diagnosis or another point in their illness.
• Ongoing palliative care support for families.
• Support with planning ahead and making decisions.
• Managing complex symptoms.
• Support for families whose child is deteriorating and may be reaching the end of their life.
• Coordinating and supporting end of life care, whether that is at home, hospice or hospital.
• Bereavement support and signposting.
• Teaching and training teams and individuals.