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.

Our 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

What is children’s palliative care?

Palliative care aims to enhance quality of life for children with a serious or life-threatening condition. This care encompasses the physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing of the child or young person and their family and, when the time comes, will ensure care, support and choices continue at the end of life.

Children’s palliative care is provided for a wide range of life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

Every family is unique and so ideas and needs for palliative care are wide ranging.