How the Hospital Palliative Care Team looks after you

We’re able to support the care of people living with an incurable illness in hospital through our Hospital Palliative Care Team, a group of specialist palliative care doctors, nurses and other professionals. Our team provide this service across the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) hospitals.

We become involved in your care when the medical and nursing teams looking after you in hospital refer you to us, and we work alongside the ward teams in an advisory capacity. We will visit you on the ward and carry out an assessment of how your illness is affecting you, and we suggest ways to improve problems you may be experiencing. If you would like us to, we can also talk with your family members, friends and carers.

Following our assessment, we will discuss our advice with the ward team looking after you. The hospital ward medical and nursing team will continue to lead and coordinate your care.

The Hospital Palliative Care Team can:

• help with physical symptoms to make you as comfortable as possible
• offer emotional and practical support to you and those close to you
• discuss any concerns you may have about your illness
• liaise with other people involved in your care, such as your GP and District Nurse
• tell you about other palliative care services that may be available to you now or in the future.

The EPiC Resource Centre

We have created an information hub for all matters concerning end-of-life and palliative care, including topics to support you:

• if you have been diagnosed with an incurable illness
• if you're caring for someone with an incurable illness
• if you're wondering what financial support might be available for you. 

Find out more about the EPiC Resource Centre

Find out more

We work in partnership with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). For more information, see the Hospital Palliative Care Team page on the OUH website.

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