Children's Hospices Across Scotland
Scottish charity
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| 2021 | CHAS was gifted the Ardoch estate, which is now run through a subsidiary company Ardoch Loch Lomond Ltd. |
| 2019 | CHAS commissioned an update of the ChiSP report from NHS Scotland's Information Services Division. The CHISP2 study revealed a growing number of children with life-shortening conditions, with the majority being under 5 years old, and identified a total of 16,000 children and young people aged 0-21 with life-shortening conditions. |
| 2019 | A report on neonatal palliative care work in Edinburgh was published by CHAS. |
| 2019 | A new hospital-based CHAS team was established at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, marking the first children's palliative care team in Scotland. |
| 2018 | A volunteer-led home support service was established to support families of children with life-shortening conditions in east central Scotland. |
| 2018 | CHAS at Home supported approximately 1200 visits across every local authority area in Scotland, providing planned and emergency end-of-life care. |
| 2018 | CHAS supported 465 children with life-shortening conditions, along with their siblings, parents, and wider families. |
| 2017 | The organization rebranded from Children's Hospice Association Scotland to Children's Hospices Across Scotland. |
| 2015 | Research commissioned from the University of York calculated the prevalence of children with life-shortening conditions in Scotland, resulting in the first single-nation study of its kind, published as the ChiSP (Children in Scotland Requiring Palliative Care) report. |
| December 2011 | CHAS at Home launched an additional base in Aberdeen at Rosemount Place. |
| June 2011 | A new research project by the Cancer Care Research Centre at the University of Stirling was published, investigating the experiences and symptoms of children and young people with life-shortening conditions. |
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