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The aim of palliative care is to provide holistic and multidisciplinary specialist treatment focusing on quality of life and alleviation of distressing symptoms. We treat adult patients with cancer and other life shortening diseases. A Palliative Care unit concentrates all the consultants, professionals, carers, specialist facilities and volunteers under one roof with some services extended to the home. The Duchess of Kent House has both Inpatient and Day Care facilities, which it offers, appropriate to individual need. Within the West Berkshire Directorate area there are 2 further centres at Macmillan House, Wokingham and West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham Newbury which are solely Day Care centres operating 3 -4 days a week. In addition, Newbury has four 'Rainbow Room' in - patient beds at West Berkshire Community Hospital. Medical consultants based at Duchess of Kent House hold weekly clinics at both Wokingham and Newbury and other professionals also visit and support these two centres. Additionally there is a specialist reference library at Reading as well as a Clinical Nurse Teacher.
What is Specialist Palliative Care? |
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Charity registration number: 1085912 |