Outreach

We want the best and most informed palliative care not just for our patients but for everyone in the wider community who needs it. That is why the hospice is committed to involvement in many outreach courses and programmes. For instance: we have been involved in training sessions in many practices during their Protected Learning Time sessions, facilitated debrief sessions to explore and reflect on good practise in patient care, contributed at colleges, universities and conferences and been included in Palliative Care forums and specialist education groups on a regional and national level.

Outreach is a two-way process and thanks to strengthened links - between us, the NHS, the Primary Care Trusts and Social Services Departments – we have offered free places and received free places on a number of specialised courses. This reciprocal arrangement means that we all benefit from the wide range of programmes and resources while reducing the cost of health education for everyone.

For further information please contact Diane Ponting.

“Nobody works in isolation and in the end it is the patient who benefits from good education” Education Co-ordinator