You will have exposure to a range of high impact, national work and projects across the organisation. Our impact Hospice UK makes a huge impact in supporting hospice care across the United Kingdom every year, from raising awareness, fundraising, through to providing specialist clinical knowledge, grants, and expertise.
Featured image. Job vacancies Find out more information about all of our latest vacancies at Hospice UK on our website. Find out more. Real people, real stories. It is unfathomable that such a critical part of our healthcare system is hanging by a thread. Instead, I was able to sit with her, hold her hand and make precious memories. It would be a massive loss to society if hospices were not able to carry on doing the amazing work they carry out day in and day out.
Without independent hospices, people would be reliant on receiving palliative care through the NHS. An anonymous case study shared her experience of losing her mum on a busy hospital ward:. All you really want is to be able to say goodbye and for them to be pain free. Despite this, the Government provides only a third of the funding hospices need to function.
We accept healthcare professional referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To make an urgent referral, call For non-urgent referrals, download and complete this referral form and fax it to At Marie Curie Hospice West Midlands, we offer a range of care to help people live well with a terminal illness. Read more about our West Midlands hospice. Download a referral form KB , make a referal by email at hobs. Home Healthcare professionals Patient services Hospice services What do Marie Curie hospices offer?
Belfast At Marie Curie Hospice Belfast, we offer active treatment for people living with any terminal illness — that includes all cancers, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and end stage lung, liver or renal disease.
How to make a referral We accept referrals from GPs, district nurses, community specialist palliative care nurses, community or hospital AHPs and Macmillan nurses. Services at the Marie Curie Hospice, Belfast Short stay inpatient care: We can admit patients for short periods of time to help get challenging symptoms back under control, to help with rehabilitation, and to enable them to return to their daily lives. Day services: Our day services include support for breathlessness, complementary therapies, and a physiotherapy-led wellbeing clinic.
These are offered both in the hospice, and in local community settings — enabling patients to stay close to home. We also offer a range of practical and emotional support to families and carers of anyone who has received care in our hospice, or anyone who was cared for by the Marie Curie Nursing Service within Belfast and South Eastern Trust. Active interventions: Our specialists are able to provide a range of active treatments for patients, including IV therapies, palliative chemotherapy, blood transfusions, giving bisphosphonates, offering complex pain management, inserting intrathecal lines, and administering IV antibiotics.
Please note we are unable to offer respite care. Back to top. Bradford At Marie Curie Hospice Bradford, we offer a range of care to help people live well with a terminal illness. How to make a referral To refer your patient to us, please call us on or at bradford.
Day therapies: We offer a range of day therapies, including art groups; complementary therapies; emotional support; relaxation; gentle exercise; and quizzes. We have special groups for people living with COPD or heart failure. And we also support families and carers of people with a terminal illness. Cardiff and the Vale At Marie Curie Hospice Cardiff and the Vale, we provide a range of short term care options to help people live well with a terminal illness. How to make a referral We accept referrals from hospital and community palliative care teams as well as from GPs.
Services at the Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale Short stay inpatient care: We can admit patients for short periods of time — usually up to two weeks — to help get challenging symptoms back under control and enable them to return to their daily lives. Care at the very end of life: Some patients want to be cared for at the hospice when they die. In these instances, we admit the patient as they come very close to the end of their life, and ensure they are comfortable right up until their death.
We also support friends, family members and carers at this emotional time. Edinburgh At Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, we offer a range of care to help people live well with a terminal illness. What would you like? If you've got quality of life, you've got everything you need.
If you ask something, they give it to you. If you ask for pain relief it's there straight away. They don't make you wait for anything. She added: "They're so much on the ball. They're an absolutely fantastic place. I couldn't fault them. He said that charitable status allows the hospice more discretion about how it spends its money - for example they run a high-quality kitchen making food to order - but said a doubling of NHS funding for hospices could have a huge impact on care across Sheffield.
Last year the Government made a commitment to improve end of life care across the country, which includes offering every patient a chance to discuss plans for their death with doctors and carers.
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