Specialist Palliative Care Services
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| Name of Service Provider | St Catherine's Hospice |
| Address | St Catherine's Hospice Malthouse Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 6BH |
| Telephone | 01293 447333 |
| Fax | 01293 611977 |
| Website | www.stch.org.uk |
| Emergency out of hours on call number: | 01293 447333 |
| Services |
18 in-patient beds providing terminal care, respite care, and assessment. Day services are available on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10am to 3pm. Lymphoedema services provide a stand alone outpatient service. GPs, hospital consultants, and specialists can refer their patients to us for lymphoedema treatments only. It is run by two specialist nurses with input from other members of our multi-professional team if necessary. Bereavement, spiritual, and counselling services for patients, relatives and carers. |
| Patient Group | Care is available for adults who have a terminal or life-limiting illness, for example cancer, motor neurone disease, and chronic disease. |
| Catchment Area | Dorking, Reigate, Redhill, Horsham, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Billingshurst, and the areas surrounding these towns. |
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Key Personnel |
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| Chief Executive Officer | Shaun O'Leary |
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Consultants in palliative care medicine
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Catherine Gleeson and Patricia Brayden |
| Patient Services Manager | Gina Starnes |
| Lead Nurse Community Services | Sarah Pearce |
| Head of Education | Mary Mahoney |
| MDT Meeting Frequency | Weekly |
| Referral Criteria |
Surrey, |