Palliative Care On The Ward

Palliative Care On The Ward

Forest Holme Hospice has twelve beds, enabling us to provide expert care to people with advanced disease-causing complex problems. Nursing care is tailored to the individual’s needs and preferences.

Expert medical care and comfortable surroundings

Everyone who is admitted to Forest Holme is under the care of one of the consultants in palliative medicine and will normally be seen by their consultant at least once during their stay. In addition, there is a Speciality Doctor and a junior doctor who is a GP in training. You will see a doctor shortly after you arrive and on most weekdays. At weekends and overnight there is a consultant on call (the rota is shared with the consultants at the Macmillan Unit in Christchurch). A junior hospital doctor also covers the ward.

The ward has a mixture of single and shared rooms, all equipped to the same specifications with televisions. En-suite facilities are available within the five single rooms. There is a comfortable lounge area, a kitchen and an overnight room for relatives. A quiet courtyard garden provides a peaceful and relaxing environment for all.

Outstanding support and advice

Our ward team is led by the Matron for Oncology and Palliative Care and a ward sister with a team of staff nurses and health care assistants, who ensure that high quality of care is provided. In addition during your stay, you can access counselling and psychological support, lymphoedema advice, therapy input such as occupational therapy, social workers, dieticians, chaplains and other staff from Poole Hospital. We also have very good links with the pain team and other specialists at Poole Hospital who are on hand to give helpful advice when needed.

The ward team is also supported by our wonderful volunteers who help to provide a warm, relaxing and welcoming environment for patients and their families.

Overnight accommodation for family members

Families can continue to share in care if they so wish and if needed arrangements can be made for family members to stay in the relatives’ overnight accommodation, at the discretion of the ward sister.

We aim to be relaxed and flexible and are always open to questions and suggestions.

If you would like to contact a member of staff on the ward, please telephone 0300 019 8147 for assistance.

News

27th Feb 24

Patient and families benefit from multi-functional chair beds

New multi-functional chair beds, a complementary therapy couch, riser-recliner chairs and dining room furniture are just some of the items purchased as part of a recent internal refurbishment thanks to the generosity of the local community.

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1st Feb 24

Cleaner retires after 19 years

We said a fond farewell to our cleaner Jackie, who bowed out this week to enjoy a well deserved retirement after 19 years at Forest Holme and a total of 28 years with NHS University Hospitals Dorset.

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10th Jan 24

Tree-mendous appeal success

Forest Holme Hospice Charity is delighted to announce that the Light Up A Life tree contributed to a total of £4,855 raised for the hospice.

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29th Nov 23

Award success

Congratulations to our fantastic Complementary Therapy Team, who came second and took the highly commended award in the recent Great British Care Awards.

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3rd Nov 23

Charity secures dedicated Reiki Therapist for patients

Forest Holme is delighted to announce it will be part-funding the role of the hospice’s reiki specialist, Kay Spears, alongside the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary.

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1st Aug 23

Poppy’s Stall

10-year-old Poppy Thomas was thrilled to receive her certificate and medal from the charity for raising £150 from her fundraising stall.

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