Contents
Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust’s catchment area encompasses the West
Midlands (including Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country), Warwickshire,
Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and parts of Shropshire and
Staffordshire.
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1. Introduction by the Chairman of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer
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2. Acorns services and Governance arrangements
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3. Strategic Challenge
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4. Overview and Strategy Map
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5. Strategic Goals
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5.1. Expanding and improving our care services
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(i) Hospice Care
(ii) are and Support in the Home
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(iii) Partnerships
(iv) Transition
5.2. Enabling growth
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5.3. Championing the Cause
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5.4. Building Resilience
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(i) Learning and Development
(ii) Research
(iii) Knowledge Management
6. Critical Success Factors
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7. Resource requirements
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(i) Revenue plan
(ii) Capital plan
(iii) Staffing plan
(iv) Summary consolidated balance sheet
(v) ealisable Cash Reserves
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Palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions is an active
and total approach to care, from the point of diagnosis or recognition, throughout
the child’s life, death and beyond. It embraces physical, emotional, social and
spiritual elements and focuses on the enhancement of quality of life for the child/
young person and support for the family. It includes the management of distressing
symptoms, provision of short breaks and care through death and bereavement.
Appendices
A. Communications Strategy
B. Risk and Impact Analysis
C. Regulating Responsibility & Policies Including Strategies for Quality Accounts (QA)
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ACT (Association for Children’s Palliative Care) 2009. Making Life-limited
Children and Young People Count: A Framework and Guide for Local
Implementation.
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Acorns Strategic Plan 2013-18
Acorns Strategic Plan 2013-18
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