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Accessing Our Hospice services
Who is eligible for referral to the Hospice?
Anyone over the age of 18 with an active, progressive, advanced disease of any diagnosis can be referred for Hospice support. People are often referred at a time when they are close to the end of active treatment, or simply when they have complex physical, social or psychological symptoms.
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Who can make a referral to the Hospice?
Referrals are normally made to the Hospice by a health or social care professional such as your GP, District Nurse or by the Hospital Palliative Care Team.
For some patients self-referral to the Hospice is appropriate (or to have someone else such as a family member do this on your behalf).
What happens next?
Once you have been referred to the Hospice, a clinician will contact you to discuss your referral. We aim to contact you within two working days of your referral being received.
Once you have accepted the offer of our care, we will do our very best to support you and those closest to you in every possible way.
