Please help shape hospice’s future

A community hospice is appealing for Express readers to help them during Hospice Care Week 2018.

The theme for this year is Heart My Hospice, led by the national hospice and palliative care charity, Hospice UK, and St Vincent’s are asking you to get involved in a very simple way – by sharing your voice as part of their community services review.

Director of care for St Vincent’s, Brona McGee, said: “Hospice Care Week aims to encourage people to become actively involved in supporting the vital work we carry out every day, but this year we are asking you to do this in a slightly different way – by filling in a short survey.

“As we get ready for the future, we are inviting members of the public and our professional colleagues to be directly involved in shaping the direction of our services.

“This involves reviewing our existing community services, as well as exploring new opportunities for developments.”

The hospice wi l l b e reviewing their community nurse specialists, day services, bereavement support service and considering proposals for new support services.

This aims to ensure they are prepared for the future and continue to offer the right care in a way that is best suited to meeting the constantly changing needs of the community.

Brona added: “Every year more than 200,000 people in the UK receive hospice care, with a direct impact on local families and patients from all across the community. By offering your voice to our survey, you can play a real and meaningful part in helping us provide the best possible care for the local community for years to come.”

The deadline for submitting comments to the community services review is Sunday.

To take part, visit: https:// www. surveymonkey. co. uk/ r/ MFR5HVT