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Services > Care At Wakefield Hospice
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Care At Wakefield Hospice
We offer a range of services for patients and their relatives
Wakefield Hospice is a specialist unit offering holistic care for people who have advanced, progressive illnesses. Most, but not all patients will have cancer (see FAQs). The Hospices main priority of care is to achieve the best possible quality of life for patients, whilst supporting their families during the period of illness and throughout the period of bereavement.
Wakefield Hospice is a purpose built specialist palliative care unit (see FAQs)delivering in patient pain and symptom management, emotional support, crisis respite care and terminal care at the end of life.
A lively Day Therapy Unit offers a drop in service for patients and carers where a wide range of support services can be accessed.
A varied range of bereavement services to meet individual needs can be offered for families and friends of Hospice patients.
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In-Patient Unit The sixteen bedded in-patient unit comprises of eight single rooms and two four bedded bays. All single rooms have en-suite facilities. There are also two patient bathrooms with Jacuzzi baths.
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Chaplaincy The hospice provides spiritual care.
The chaplaincy team is led by the Revd Phil Sharpe, and assisted by the Revd Gill Butterworth.
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