Connected Palliative Care
by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
About our activities / service
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Connected Palliative Care Hub
Sandwell General Hospital
Lyndon
West Bromwich
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ - 0121 5073611
- swb-tr.SWBH-GM-Connected-PC-Hub@nhs.net
- https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/services/connected-palliative-care/
| Accessibility details | Telephone and visiting service Not accessible for patients |
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| Opening hours | We are available between 8am–8pm, seven days a week on 0121 507 3611 and overnight between the hours of 8pm and 8am for registered patients. Healthcare professionals can seek advice via SWBH switchboard. |
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We are a service for patients in Sandwell and West Birmingham who have a life-limiting illness, and their relatives and carers. We provide: •Trained nurses able to advise and support patients, relatives, carers and professionals. •24/7 Urgent Response Team of registered nurses and healthcare assistants to carry out home visits to patients at times of crisis working closely with other services .•Signposting to services that provide care, advice and equipment. •Social support for patients, their relatives and carers, including sitting services, domestic support and welfare rights advice. •Coordination of specialist palliative care assessment including hospice referrals •Co-ordination of services to ensure care packages are in place when needed. •After death support to the bereaved by signposting to bereavement support services.
| Staff qualifications | Qualified nurses, doctors and therapists |
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| Genders | All |
About the organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is an integrated care organisation. We are dedicated to improving the lives of local people, to maintaining an outstanding reputation for teaching and education, and to embedding innovation and research. We employ over 7,000 people and spend around £430m of public money, largely drawn from our local Clinical Commissioning Group. That Group and this Trust is responsible for the care of 530,000 local people from across North-West Birmingham and all the towns within Sandwell.
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