The criteria for care at Little Havens Children's Hospice is that children and young people are between 0 and 19 years old.
The criteria is based upon the ACT (Association for Children's Palliative Care) criteria and consists of four groups. The child must fit in to one of the following;
- Group 1 - Life threatening conditions for which curative treatment may fail (e.g. cancer, irreversible organ failure)
- Group 2 - Conditions where premature death is anticipated, but intensive treatment may prolong life (e.g complicated cystic fibrosis, HIV)
- Group 3 - Progressive conditions without curative treatment options where treatment is exclusively palliative (eg Battens disease, mucopolysarchardoses)
- Group 4 - Conditions causing severe neurological disability leading to susceptibility to health complications and likelihood of premature death eg severe cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities following brain or spinal cord insult)
