Community services
We aim to provide services close to people's homes or in their homes, depending on need and preference.
Hospice Community Nurse Specialist Team
In East Suffolk Community Nurse Specialists visit patients in their own homes or in local clinics/hospitals. They provide symptom control advice in order to improve your quality of life and general wellbeing.
Patients can also attend a clinic at the Hospice where they could see a combination of healthcare professionals at one appointment for example a doctor and a nurse at the same time.
Community Nurse Specialists are able to liaise with other specialist collegues regarding ongoing treatment and can support a patient and their family providing practical information regarding benefits and local services.
Community Nurse Specialists are available everyday including weekends and bank holidays.
In Great Yarmouth and Waveney the Community Nurse Specialist team is based at the James Paget University Hospital.
Hospice at Home
Hospice at Home is a nurse specialist lead service which provides support to patients at home or in care homes 24 hours a day, seven days a week in East Suffolk
The aim of the service is to support patients and their family when the patient is deteriorating or very close to the end of their life and wishes to remain at home.
The team provides advice, support and in specific situations are able to provide specialist nursing care or symptom control as necessary.
In Great Yarmouth and Waveney the Hospice at Home service is managed by Great Yarmouth and Waveney Community Services. This service is staffed by Community Health Care Assistants. Click here to find out more
Community Health Care Assistants
In East Suffolk Community Health Care Assistants work alongside the Nurse Specialists and the Hospice in-patient unit to provide care to patients at home.
This service supports a discharge from the Hospice or hospital or supports patients who are living at home who have had a sudden
increase in care needs until a care package can be arranged.
This is a short term arrangement and usually statutory services will arrange carers for the patient in the longer term.
In Waveney we provide Health Care Assistant support for up to 96 hours for patients who are living at home who have had a sudden increase in care needs until a care package can be arranged.
Community Clinical Nurse Specialists team
The Community Macmillan team joined the hospice almost a year ago. The team have brought with them a wealth of experience and local knowledge. Before joining the hospice the Clinical Nurse Specialists were limited to only seeing cancer patients due to limited resources. Now with the hospice’s open referral criteria they once again see patients with any chronic progressing illness with specialist palliative care needs. The team have recently moved their main base to St Elizabeth Hospice but still have satellite bases in Woodbridge and Stowmarket. For any queries please contact the team’s secretary on 01473 707044 and see updated area list.