Specialist Palliative Care Services

Specialist Palliative Care Services

Locality: Eastbourne and surrounding area, East Sussex

Name of service provider: St Wilfrid’s Hospice

Address: 2-4 Mill Gap Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 2HJ
Telephone: 01323 644500
Fax: 01323 430487
Websitewww.stwhospice.org
Emergency out of hours on call number: 01323 644500

Services:
- 10 in patient beds
- Hospice @ Home service 7 days a week
- Respite Bed in Nursing Home, managed by Hospice @ Home
- Nurse led day services
- Medical assessments – domiciliary and out patient
- Complimentary therapies (in patient, out patient and domiciliary)
- Physiotherapy
- Chaplaincy/spiritual care
- Lymphoedema clinic
- Bereavement service
- Education centre

Please note: the Community Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist team are part of the PCT and not part of the Hospice although we work closely together providing clinical and some admin support to them.

Patient Group: Any adult with a life-limiting illness.

Delivery of care: is based on assessed symptom need whether it is physical, psychological or social.

Catchment area: The area surrounding Eastbourne extending to Seaford in the west, Pevensey in the East and Uckfield to the North

Key personnel:
Chief Executive - Kara Bishop
Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Medical Director - Dr David Barclay
Nursing Director - Jill Beckhelling
Hospice at Home Team Leader - Charlotte Nuckhir
Consultant in Palliative Medicine - Dr Jo Shawcross

MDT Meeting frequency: Weekly – Tuesdays for in patient unit

Referral criteria: We accept written / faxed referral from any Health Professional involved in patient care, Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists; Hospital Doctors and Cancer MDT meetings, GPs and District Nurses. Out of area referrals for in-patient stay are also considered when there is a clear identified need.