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Supportive Care:
Spring/Summer 2017
Our latest news for supporters and friends of North Devon Hospice
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Anne and Colin Manning share how The Long House has helped them
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Lottery Online:
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‘New look’ lottery launches at playnorthdevon.org.uk
In the pink:
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Excitement rises for Nightwalk 2017
What a journey! It’s been an incredible 5 years since our Hospice to Home service first launched. We have been able to provide care to more than 1,200 patients across North Devon since the service started, offering each patient and their carers much needed support as they approach the end of life. Our Hospice to Home team look after patients and their carers who prefer to receive help at home. We offer a rapid response service and can provide round the clock care. We support our patients with symptom control, psychological support, personal care and practical help. We are specifically here for patients and their families who need more hands-on care and support towards the end of life. Gill Kirkland, Clinical Team Leader for the team said “It’s been an incredible journey and because of the amazing support of our community we
Did you know...? Celebrating 5 years
Our team travelled 5,120 miles last year helping to ensure all our patients had the care they need at home.
have been able to continue growing our service and last year alone we were able to make 2,794 visits to patient’s homes. We also introduced three new Clinical Nurse Specialists and five new Health Care Assistant posts last year. These posts have allowed us to do so much more – not only support a greater number of patients but we have also been able to give more overnight support in patient’s homes.”