AVON PALLIATIVE CARE

							                       PALLIATIVE CARE
P                       HOME SUPPORT
 The Palliative Care Home          The service aims to provide care in                How will the service
 Support Service provides extra the following ways:                                   help patients who need
 care during the last few weeks                                                       care at home?
 of life for people who wish to be
 cared for at home.                 quickly – the aim is for 80%                     Patients will be assessed
                                      patients accepted for help to                   by a member of the
                                      have care in place within two                   palliative care home
 Who is it for?                       working days of referral                        support service team or an
                                                                                      existing key worker. This
 People who:                                                                          assessment will look at the
                                              through joint working – with a         particular needs of an
    have cancer or other                      range of health and social care        individual patient and
     illnesses                                 professionals                          family.

    have a short life expectancy             flexibly – the service aims to         A plan of care will be
     (4-6 weeks)                               provide care that is tailored to       made that includes care
                                               individual needs and carefully         and support from this
    have a GP located in                      monitored, as care needs are           service as well as other
     Bristol, North Somerset or                likely to change during the last       services, eg District
     South Gloucestershire.                    few weeks of life.                     Nursing.




 How can patients get the service?

 Anyone, whether it is NHS staff, social services, carers or patients
 themselves, can make a referral for this service.

 Referral forms are available from:

 Palliative Care Home Support Service
 Tel: 0117 982 8545, Fax 0117 982 1458,
 email: Joan.Clewlow@nhs.net                                                      Bristol PCT
                                                                                  S Gloucestershire PCT
                                                                                  N Somerset PCT




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