Wider Hospice Team

We offer a range of services to support you Doctors

St Wilfrid’s has a medical team that provide specialist medical support across all of our services. They may see you during your admission to St Richard’s Hospital, in your own home, or here at the Hospice. The medical team provides 24 hour on call support for our ward and specialist consultant advice for the ECHO Hub.

Pharmacist

If you wish to see a chaplain to discuss spiritual or other matters, please ask a member of the team. On Friday, there is a short service at 12.30pm and a service of Holy Communion at 3pm in the Hospice Chapel.

If you have your own priest or spiritual adviser, they are welcome to visit.

Social Work Team

you to feel comfortable and in control of your symptoms as well as feeling supported alongside your loved ones.

An overnight sitting service can occasionally be provided to help you with this care, enabling your family to rest. We work closely with your community nurse, GP and other community services and may sometimes need to share care with others.

Practical Tips to help

We recognise that we are guests in your home. In order to assist with your care we would appreciate that:

Your Community Nurses’ notes are available

Our team have access to bed linen and towels for the patient

That they also have access to a toilet and handwashing facilities

Our staff are given a smoke free environment to work in

We have a pharmacist who visits regularly during the week and is on hand to answer any medicine related questions or problems.

Family Services Team

The Family Services Team consists of chaplains, social workers and volunteers who can provide psychological, emotional and social support you or your loved ones may need. They are able to see you in the Living Well Centre, on the ward or in your own home. They are able to provide support via the telephone or video consultation.

Chaplaincy

We all have things that help give our lives meaning, worth and purpose and these create our own unique spirituality. Illness can be a challenging time and our chaplains are available to you and your loved ones, whatever your faith, religion or beliefs.

Our chaplains are available to help meet your spiritual and religious needs. Their denomination is Church of England but they can help find an appropriate religious leader for you if you would prefer.

A member of our social work team is available to discuss any concerns you and your loved ones may have with the psychological, emotional and social care difficulties you might face during your illness. This may include helping you support children and other family members. Please ask if you would like to speak to someone from the team. They can signpost you to other services who may be able to assist you for matters such as housing and benefits.

Hospice Visitors

Hospice Visitors are volunteers who are able to provide emotional support. They are available to discuss your thoughts and feelings when you are possibly keeping thoughts and feelings to yourself and feeling unable to share them with anyone else.

“Anyone in my situation who has the opportunity to use St Wilfrid’s Hospice should do so. It is nothing like people’s preconceived ideas. You will be surrounded by people who show genuine love and support.”

Kathy