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From left, Margarita Vidiella, head of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Charity; Angela Helleur, chief nurse/chief operating officer at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Kate Heaps, CEO of Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice; and Natalie Moseley, palliative care team leader
A dedicated nurse post is being created in South East London to support the discharge from hospital of patients who are approaching the end of their lives.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Charity has secured a grant from NHS Charities Together to fund a new palliative care discharge nurse to be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.
“The patient and their family are often facing significant change and uncertainty
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Charity New funding has been secured for a new nurse tasked with supporting patients nearing the end of their life to be discharged from hospital. The decision to award funding for a position in south east London has been described as absolutely fantastic and the role will provide meaningful support to local patients and their families at their time of need. The new palliative care discharge nurse will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, and is the result of a successful funding bid by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Charity. Employed and is managed by Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice, who are the local charity in partnership with the trust in providing patient-centred hospital end-of-life care.
A dapper 103-year-old is following in the footsteps of Captain Sir Tom Moore and walking to raise money for charity. Tom Jones, "not the singer", has been pictured doing laps around the garden of his care home while wearing a tuxedo and sipping a cocktail. He has been living at Groveland Park care home for the past nine years, where staff say he is a “big character” beloved by all. The great-great grandfather decided to embark on 1,000 laps of.
By Press Association 2021
Tom Jones, 103, walks laps of the garden at his care home in Bexleyheath, Kent, with activity co-ordinator Debbie Rutty
A 103-year-old with a taste for adventure is following in the footsteps of Captain Sir Tom Moore to give thanks to healthcare workers.
Tom Jones, “not the singer”, he says, has been racking up the miles as he walks around the garden at his care home.
The lively great-grandfather is pictured looking dapper in a tuxedo and sipping a cocktail on his online fundraiser which has already smashed its target.
He has been living at Groveland Park care home for the past nine years, where staff say he is a “big character” beloved by all.