Overnight Palliative Care Nursing Service
The overnight palliative care nursing service is a team of nurses with specialist knowledge and experience in palliative care.
The team works closely with GP's, district nurses, specialist nurses and St. Benedict's Hospice.
The Team provide advice, support, care and treatment to enable patients to be looked after in their own home rather than in hospital.
What can you expect from the team?
- To be treated as an individual with dignity and respect.
- To have your privacy maintained.
- To be cared for by a team with the right skills to look after you.
- Management and relief of symptoms such as pain and sickness.
- Involvement of your family/carers if you wish.
- Respect and support for any decision you make.
- Provision of information you may need.
To contact us
The Overnight Palliative Care Service can be contacted every night between 9:00 pm - 8:00 am.
Telephone: 0191 565 6256 and ask the switchboard to bleep 52434
Visits may be planned in advance or patients/carers can contact the team directly if they need help during the night.
The overnight palliative care nursing team can often resolve problems over the telephone, putting patients/carers at ease and relieving any worries.