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Specialist Palliative Care

Specialist palliative care is provided by expert teams with advanced training in managing complex symptoms and challenging clinical situations related to serious illness.

As specialist palliative care (SPC) professionals we work alongside hospital and community teams to support the care of people who are living with a life limiting illness. We follow the principles of palliative care, outlined above, by providing expert symptom management, support with emotional and practical needs and assist with decision-making.

The specialist palliative care teams accept referrals for any adult patient in CHFT or in Calderdale community,  with needs that our expert knowledge and skills can support. This may  be in the form of advice to the ward teams or GP or healthcare professional, or it might involve meeting a patient and those close to them.

We support people through decisions about your preferred future treatment or place of care and can refer to other professionals who will continue care in hospital, home, a care home or a hospice if required.

We also work closely with our community colleagues in Kirklees (the Kirkwood Community Palliative Care Team). Therefore, if the aim is to have your care out of hospital, we can assist with ensuring a continuation of palliative care at home.

Where it is felt a hospice admission is required, then the specialist palliative care teams will be alerted, and we will come and make that assessment and coordinate the referral . For people in Kirklees community our partners at Locala provide this service.

Our local hospices are:

  • Overgate Hospice in Elland, for patients with Calderdale GP
  • The Kirkwood, in Dalton, for patients with Kirklees GP

Contact details for Specialist Palliative Care Services:

Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team
Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday–Sunday: 8am – 4pm
📞 01484 342965

Calderdale Community Specialist Palliative Care Team
Every day: 9am – 5pm
📞 01484 343814

Calderdale Community Out of Hours Palliative Care Team
Every day: 7pm – 8am
📞 01422 652291

The Kirkwood Community Palliative Care Team
Every day: 8.30am – 4.30pm
📞 01484 557910

The Kirkwood
📞 01484 557900

Overgate Hospice
📞 01422 379151

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