Organisations
•	www.act.org.uk ACT (Association for Children’s Palliative Care) A UK-registered charity which is striving to achieve the best quality of life and care for all children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions and their families. www.palliative-medicine.org/ The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) An association of doctors who work in hospices and specialist palliative care units in hospitals. Formed in 1986, it now has approximately 800 members from all over the UK and Ireland, and includes doctors based overseas. www.helpthehospices.org.uk/ Help the Hospices The national charity for the hospice movement. www.hospiceinformation.info/ Hospice information A joint venture between St. Christopher's Hospice and Help the Hospices. It brings together the experience and established reputation for high quality of the Hospice Information Service at St. Christopher's and the national remit and innovative information developments of Help the Hospices. Together, we want to provide a world-class information service for health professionals and members of the public, on UK and international hospice and palliative care.