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You are here: Our Services > Specialist Palliative Care Team

Specialist Palliative Care Team

We are a team of specialist doctors and nurses and an occupational therapist. The doctors and nurses have all undertaken specialist training to enable them to help people with advanced or progressive illnesses for example cancer, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, heart failure and many others.

What is Palliative Care?

Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with any progressive illness. Management of pain and other symptoms and provision of psychological, social and spiritual support is paramount. The goal of palliative care is achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families at any time in their illness.

What do we offer?

The Palliative Care Team works closely with the doctors and nurses already looking after you, supporting and advising them on your care.  We can:

• Provide specialist advice about managing any symptoms you have
• Give you an opportunity to talk about any concerns or questions about your illness or its treatment
• Provide emotional support for you and your family 
• Provide spiritual support for people of any or no faith
• Help make sure that when are at home, you have the support and care you need
• Help find other organisations to support you with any problems that the Palliative Care Team are not  qualified to help with

Who we are:

Dr Annelise Matthews, Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Karen Pryor, Team Secretary

Community Team:

Sally Thornton, Community Macmillan Nurse

Gill Scott, Community Macmillan Nurse

Eileen Murphy, Community Macmillan Nurse

Donna Atkin, Community Macmillan Nurse

Mandy Bonner, Community Palliative Care Nurse

Jess Holliday, Community Palliative Care Nurse

Hospital team:

Louise Baker, Hospital Macmillan Nurse

Sarah Mappledoram, Hospital Macmillan Nurse

Marie Kadiri, Occupational therapist

How to contact us

Your doctor or specialist nurse may refer you to the team at any stage of your illness if you have specialist needs such as pain and symptom control, emotional support with your diagnosis or support for your family.

You can also refer yourself although we will ask your doctor for more information about you.

Contact us on 01480 416283

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