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ACT
Brunswick Court
Brunswick Square
Bristol
BS2 8PE
Tel (Helpline): 0845 108 2201
Tel (Information/Admin): 0117 916 6422
Fax: 0117 916 6430
Web: www.act.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday (answerphone other times)
ACT is an organisation working across the UK to achieve a better quality of life and care for every life-limited or life-threatened child or young person and their family.
ACT's publications include the following:
- Family Companion to the ACT Care Pathway
- General information leaflet on ACT.
- ACT NOW newsletter issued every couple of months to ACT members.
- ACT 4 families newsletter is free to family members.
- Palliative care for young people, aged 13 - 24 years.
- Guide to the development of children's palliative care (3rd edition).
- Assessment of children with life-limiting conditions and their families - a guide to effective care planning.
- Integrated multi-agency care pathways for children with life threatening and life limited conditions.
- PaedPalLit - an international research journal in children's palliative care.
- The transition care pathway.
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