Hillingdon Palliative Care Team

Hillingdon Palliative Care Team provides specialist care in community settings for patients with life-limiting illness.

Patients referred to the service may have a malignant or non-malignant disease and disease diagnosis and are:

• Not suitable for active, curative treatment
• Likely to be in the last months of life
• Complex needs requiring specialist management

The team is made up of clinical nurse specialists who care for patients with complex needs in the palliative phase of their life (both cancer- and non-cancer-related). Working in partnership with the Hillingdon District Nursing Team (who deliver day-to-day palliative care in the community) and other agencies, the team aims to:

• Enable patients to remain in their own homes with support.
• Prevent avoidable admissions to hospital.
• Respond to patients’ choice of preferred place for palliative care

In addition, a palliative care consultant can provide the following support for general practitioners (GPs):

• Prognostication and symptom control advice
• Home (domiciliary) visits
• Access to end-of-life care beds currently located at Hayes Cottage Nursing Home