The Scottish Children & Young People’s Palliative Care Network (SCYPPCN) is a national multi-agency group established to work together to ensure that palliative care for children and young people and their families is delivered in a seamless and integrated way across Scotland.

The Network is open to anyone in Scotland who is working with children and young people with palliative care needs such as Children Community Nurses, Commissioners of Children’s Services, Education workers, Paediatric Consultants with special interest in palliative care, those working with children and young people with complex needs or disabilities.

The group meets quarterly at locations throughout the country, the next meetings are going to be held on:

4th September 2008 in Dundee
2nd December 2008 in Glasgow
5th February 2009 in Edinburgh

Are you interested in joining the network?  Please download and complete this form and return it to Katrina McNamara-Goodger, ACT: The Association for Children’s Palliative Care, Orchard House, Orchard Lane, Bristol, or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will send you further details.

Download the draft Terms of Reference for theSCYPPCN here.

You can also download minutes from the Scottish Children and Young People's Palliative Care Network (SCYPPCN) here:

SCYPPCN minutes September 2007

SCYPPCN minutes January 2008