Best Public Hospitals Walsall Near Me

4worldlovers: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to maintaining the best quality of life for its patients who are experiencing life-limiting conditions.

Our specialist teams offer expert assessment, advice, treatment and support on a range of symptoms and conditions, often working collaboratively with other agencies to ensure information is current and up to date.

The service accepts referrals for patients who have moderate to complex needs. Contact with the service may vary from a single visit to a period of ongoing support, whilst patients are in hospital or at home.

The service is made up of an integrated team of hospital and community-based specialists who cover all wards and departments within the hospital and patients in their own homes throughout the Walsall Metropolitan area. All are registered professionals with additional training in this specialist field. Typical specialisms include:

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has a team of Community Palliative Care Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists who are based at the Palliative Care Centre and work throughout Walsall Metropolitan Borough visiting patients in their own homes. They work closely with GPs, community nurses and other nurse specialists.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has a team of hospital-based Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists and a Palliative Care Consultant who cover all wards and departments within the hospital. They work closely with hospital consultants, ward nurses, other specialist nurses, Allied Health Professionals, GPs and community nurses.

Both teams as an integrated service aim is to maintain the best possible quality of life for patients and their carers by offering advice on a number issues like symptom control, emotional and financial support, information and explanation.

The teams visit patients with life-limiting illnesses and referrals are accepted for patients with moderate to complex needs. Contact with the service may vary from a single assessment visit to a period of ongoing support whilst patients are in hospital.

Referrals to the teams can be completed by a healthcare professional involved directly in a patients care.

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