Updated: Tue 4th May
Wrexham family praise hospice service providing a life-line to those caring for their loved ones
A family from Wrexham has praised Nightingale House’s new direct referral service after it was introduced to help ease pressure on the NHS during the first lockdown.
Stephen Lamb’s family used the service when they were looking after his mother Lynne Lamb, who recently passed away aged 61.
Lynne, a former landlady of the Walnut Inn, Rhosddu and employee at M&S in Eagles Meadow was already being treated at the Shooting Star Unit within the Maelor Hospital, but the family realised the hospice could help in other ways.
A WREXHAM family has praised Nightingale House’s new direct referral service after it was introduced to help ease pressure on the NHS during the first lockdown. Stephen Lamb’s family used the service when they were looking after his mother Lynne Lamb, who recently passed away aged 61. Lynne, a former landlady of the Walnut Inn, Rhosddu and employee at M&S in Eagles Meadow was already being treated at the Shooting Star Unit within the Maelor Hospital, but the family realised the hospice could help in other ways. The Direct Referral Service was designed as a way of trying to ease the increased pressure on primary care colleagues like GPs and Community Nurses at the start of the pandemic. Following feedback from patients and their families it is now permanent.