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	There are calls for hospice care to be made available to every child who needs it.</p>
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	Over 3,800 children in Ireland have a life-limiting condition, with 700 needing hospice care.</p>
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	The LauraLynn Children&#39;s Hospice is the only organisation which provides palliative care to our young people</p>
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	Head of Communications Sarah O&#39;Callaghan says Children&#39;s Hospice week, which begins tomorrow, aims to highlight the needs of these children.</p>
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	&quot;So what we&#39;re calling for is the Government, the HSE, and other healthcare professionals to come together and to develop a hospice care service plan.</p>
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	&quot;So then children all over Ireland have access, timely access, to hospice care close to home,&quot; she said.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Examiner on the 21st May 2017)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/calls-for-hospice-care-to-be-made-available-to-every-child-who-needs-it-790579.html">http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/calls-for-hospice-care-to-be-made-available-to-every-child-who-needs-it-790579.html</a></p>
