Palliative Care In Hospital

Forest Holme Hospice has a hospital palliative care team comprising of specialist palliative care nurses and facilitators in end-of-life care who support patients within Poole Hospital.

Community Hospitals are supported by the community specialist palliative care team.

Continuity of care

Poole Hospital staff can refer to the team for advice on symptom control and emotional support for individual patients and their family whilst in hospital.

The hospital palliative care team ensures continuity of care on discharge by liaising with their community palliative care colleagues and other health care professionals in the community.

Education and support for all staff

The team also provides education and support to the staff involved in the care of people with life-limiting illness.

The team is available from Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.

News

17th Mar 25

Hospice chosen as festival charity partner

Forest Holme Hospice is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as the official charity partners of this year’s Seafood and Sounds festival, which takes place in Poole over the weekend of September 13th and 14th.

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29th Jan 25

Strictly fab-u-lous

The ballroom sparkled and there was standing ovations aplenty as the recent Strictly Extravaganza Gala Dinner brought the house down, raising a staggering £80,387 in support of the hospice’s vital work.

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23rd Jan 25

Jeff Mostyn visit

We had the pleasure of welcoming former AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn to Forest Holme for a tour of the hospice to see all the services we provide for our local community.

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18th Dec 24

Coming together to light up lives

Hundreds of people braved atrocious weather conditions to attend our recent Light up a Life event in The Dolphin Poole.

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28th Nov 24

Sandwalk Success

Chloe and Kirsty from the charity team met the two top fundraising students from Glenmoor and Winton Academies.

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6th Nov 24

Gold award for second year running

Forest Holme Hospice scooped the top Gold prize in the Loving Care Homes category at the Poole in Bloom awards for the second year running.