This leaflet provides information about Lead Nurse for Cancer and specialist palliative care for patients Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists and carers. Clinical Psychologist Who needs specialist palliative care? Social Worker What is specialist palliative care? Macmillan Cancer Information & Anyone living with an incurable illness may Support Manager Palliative care is an approach that benefit from palliative care. For example Access to a Community Palliative improves the quality of life of patients and people with all types of cancer, heart Care Occupational Therapist for their families facing the problems disease, advanced respiratory disease, specialist advice associated with life-threatening illness. dementia or those at the end stages of progressive neurological disease. Team Secretary Through holistic assessment the aim is to identify and address physical, It can help at all stages of the illness from We hold a weekly multi-disciplinary team psychological, social and spiritual needs. diagnosis onwards, while treatment is in meeting consisting of health and social progress or at the end of life. care professionals to discuss your care What do we do? and future needs. Where is specialist palliative care We work in an advisory capacity alongside provided? Who can refer you? the doctors and nurses involved in your care at Homerton Hospital. Throughout the adult wards of the Anyone involved in your care can refer you Homerton University Hospital NHS We aim to carry out a personalised for specialist palliative care. Foundation Trust including A&E assessment to identify your needs. Our specialist palliative care medical consultant runs a weekly out Do I have to pay for specialist palliative Specialist palliative care: clinic care? Provides relief from pain and other Mary Seacole Nursing Home distressing symptoms On occasion we work jointly in No, there is no charge for palliative care Combines the psychological and Consultant Outpatient clinics provided by the NHS. spiritual aspects of patient’s care Services offered by hospices are also Who provides specialist palliative care? Offers a support system to help provided free of charge. patient’s live as independently as Palliative care is provided by a possible How may the specialist palliative care team working together to team be contacted? Facilitates discussion and decision support you and those close to you. making with regard to management Your doctor or nurse can bleep or of future care The palliative care team consists of: telephone us during your stay in hospital. Offers bereavement support to Palliative Medicine Consultant families and carers
This leaflet provides information about specialist palliative care for patients and carers. What is specialist palliative care? Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness. Through holistic assessment the aim is to identify and address physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. What do we do? We work in an advisory capacity alongside the doctors and nurses involved in your care at Homerton Hospital. We aim to carry out a personalised assessment to identify your needs. Specialist palliative care: Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms Combines the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient’s care Offers a support system to help patient’s live as independently as possible Facilitates discussion and decision making with regard to management of future care Offers bereavement support to families and carers Who needs specialist palliative care? Anyone living with an incurable illness may benefit from palliative care. For example people with all types of cancer, heart disease, advanced respiratory disease, dementia or those at the end stages of progressive neurological disease. It can help at all stages of the illness from diagnosis onwards, while treatment is in progress or at the end of life. Where is specialist palliative care provided? Throughout the adult wards of the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust including A&E Our specialist palliative care medical consultant runs a weekly out clinic Mary Seacole Nursing Home On occasion we work jointly in Consultant Outpatient clinics Who provides specialist palliative care? Palliative care is provided by a team working together to support you and those close to you. The palliative care team consists of: Palliative Medicine Consultant Lead Nurse for Cancer and Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists Clinical Psychologist Social Worker Macmillan Cancer Information & Support Manager Access to a Community Palliative Care Occupational Therapist for specialist advice Team Secretary We hold a weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting consisting of health and social care professionals to discuss your care and future needs. Who can refer you? Anyone involved in your care can refer you for specialist palliative care. Do I have to pay for specialist palliative care? No, there is no charge for palliative care provided by the NHS. Services offered by hospices are also provided free of charge. How may the specialist palliative care team be contacted? Your doctor or nurse can bleep or telephone us during your stay in hospital.
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