Overview
Palliative care
The palliative care team gives information and support to people with a serious illness. This includes:
- controlling symptoms
- planning care and treatment in advance
- financial, emotional, social and spiritual support
- supporting family members and those close to you
- access to other services that could help you, such as complementary therapies, psychological support and additional support at home
We're able to see patients in hospital, in their own home, and in our outpatient clinics.
We work closely with GPs, hospital doctors and community nurses, as well as other local hospitals and hospices, to support our patients and those important to them.
Health information and support
Our treatment planning information helps you think about what happens when treatment is not successful and to have conversations about end of life care.
It includes short videos, developed with our staff and patients, about:
Team
Consultants in our service:
- Shaheen Khan
- Dominique Wakefield
- Teresa Beynon
- Irene Carey
- Nick Gough
- Samantha Jayasekera-Heffer
- Helen Thurkettle
- Vandana Vora
- Steven Wanklyn
- Rob George
Our team also includes:
- specialist nurses
- pharmacists
- social workers
- psychological support staff
- administrative staff
