The Specialist Palliative Care Team offers specialist care where needed to people affected by potentially life threatening illness, their families, friends and carers from initial diagnosis through active treatment and during the palliative phase.

Outpatient Services

The Department provides the following Outpatient Services:

• General Palliative Medicine Service

There are three palliative care consultants who lead a team of specialist doctors and nurses.  As a patient you may be seen by the clinician or by a doctor or nurse within his/her team.  The clinician has overall responsibilty for your care.

Cheltenham General Hospital

Outpatient Clinics take place in West Block Outpatients.

• Dr. Cath Blinman

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Outpatient Clinics take place in Beacon House.

• Dr. Emma Husbands

Sue Ryder Care, Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham

• Dr. Paul Perkins

 Cotswold Care Day Hospice, Minchinhampton, Stroud

• Dr Cath Blinman

Great Oaks Day Hospice, Coleford

• Dr Emma Husbands



Additional Information

• Community Specialist Palliative Care Team (Macmillan)
• Interest Groups

Links

Please find below Links to other Websites that may be of interest to you.

• Cancerbackup
• Cancernursing
• Cotswold Care
• Department of Health
• Dipex
• Great Oaks Hospice
• GUIDE
• Help the Hospices
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Marie Curie
• NCBI
• CKS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formally PRODIGY)
• RIPRAP
• SIGN
• Sue Ryder Care
• Winston's Wish