What is the service?
Our Palliative Care Home Support Service provides personal care and emotional support for patients who wish to be at home as they approach the end of their lives.
Care is provided by our nurses and health care assistants.These staff work closely with other health care professionals from our organisation, General Practitioners (GPs), and others such as hospital teams, to meet individual patient health care needs.
What does this service do?
Our Palliative Care Home Support Service provides care and support for people who are at the end of their lives and wish to be cared for in their own homes during this time.
The care we can provide includes personal care, emotional support for the patients and their family members and some symptom control if this is needed at the time of the care visit. Care is adjusted as needed to meet individual patient needs.
Who is this service for?
This service is for:
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adult patients
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patients registered with a Bristol or South Gloucestershire GP (General Practitioner)
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patients who are at the end of their lives
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patients who have any terminal illness
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patients who wish to be supported to stay at home
How can I access this service?
We accept referrals from a range of health care professionals involved in the care or management of the patient.
If you are a health care professional looking to refer please download our referral form from the 'Document Downloads' section on the left hand side of this page. When you have completed the referral form please fax it to us using the number on the form.
If you would like to talk to us about a referral you can call us on the number below.
How to contact us
Our office base is open from Monday – Friday, 9am – 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays.
Care for our patients continues every day of the year, with visits scheduled between 9am and 9pm.
Once referred into the service, patients and their family members are very welcome to contact us by calling the number below.
Palliative Care Home Support Service
Avonmouth Medical Centre
Collins Street
Avonmouth
Bristol
BS11 9JJ
0117 982 8545
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