Specialist Palliative Care Team
This service delivers specialist palliative care to people over the age of 16 years. Care delivery focusses on those with life-limiting diseases and complex symptom management needs.
- This is a specialist service aimed at addressing complex palliative care needs.
- Intervention may be delivered either during the disease trajectory or as the person approaches end of life.
- Typical interventions would include advice and support regarding medicines to address complex symptoms and complex psychological support.
- This service supports people until the complex need is being suitably managed, then would step back to allow core services to continue on-going care deliver.
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 01642 383895
- Website
- www.nth.nhs.uk/
Where to go
- Address
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Farndale House, University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Hardwick
Stockton-on-Tees
- Postcode
- TS19 8PE
Local Offer
- Description
- Referrals can be made direct by patients / families / carers as well as by an involved health care professional.
- There is a designated fax and telephone number for this process, while hospital wards are able to use an electronic Trust IT system.
- Decisions made regarding referrals are based on comprehensive referral criteria, with team decisions being the usual practice.
- It is not usual for there to be any waiting list.
- Contact Telephone
- 01642 383895
- Local Offer Age Bands
- Transition to Adulthood
- SEN Provision Type
- Specialist