Clinical Services - Overview

At the heart of our specialist care and support service is our multi-disciplinary team of palliative care nurses, social workers and occupational therapists whose joint efforts combine to provide the focused, supportive and effective help we provide in our community.

The varied contributions that these diverse professionals provide recognises today’s accepted need for palliative care to take a holistic and multi dimensional approach to the help needed by patients their families and carers. All our clinical staff have special skills, experience and qualifications required to provide and further develop high quality palliative care.

The support we provide for patients can start from the point of diagnosis of their illness and so there is a need for longer term support being given. As the needs and circumstances of patients, their families and carers can vary and also change so the nature and range of help required can differ.

Each patient, their medical condition and family and carer situation is unique and receives care and support tailored so far as possible to meet their particular needs and requirements. Each patient is a highly regarded individual and helped and treated accordingly.

All our help, services and facilities are provided totally free of charge to patients, their families and carers. In addition to specialist home based palliative care we provide medical equipment to patients and their families for the relief of pain, better quality of life and to help in their release from hospital or delay their admittance.

Through our day care programme at the hospice centre we provide for patients able to attend a range of supportive programmes, activities and therapies to provide social support, enjoyment and stimulation. This can also help provide respite for families and carers to whom we also provide specialist guidance and bereavement support. back to top