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Introduction
The Specialist Palliative Care Team offers specialist care to people affected by life threatening illness, their families, friends and carers from initial diagnosis through active treatment and during the palliative.
The Department provides the following Outpatient Services:
• General Palliative Medicine Service
Our Staff
There are 3 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 team. The clinician has overall responsibilty for your care.
Other Team Members
Dr Cath Morrison - Staff Grade
Cath has worked at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital as a Staff Grade for 2 years. She has an interest in education and is currently undertaking an MSC research project exploring the junior doctors’ experience of F1 rotation incorporating palliative care. Her pager number is: 07659 111035. e-mail: Catherine. Morrison@glos.nhs.uk
Diana Crossley, BSC (HONS), DIP CLIN PSYCH
Macmillan Clinical Psychologist
Diana is a Clinical Psychologist and works in the hospital team and in the community providing a service to people who are ill and their families. Diana has a particular interest and experience in working with families where there are young children and in providing group work opportunities.
Diana also provides multi disciplinary education across the county, and has an interest in resource development.
Diana’s office is located on Rendcomb Ward in Cheltenham General Hospital
Sue Crowle
Specialist Palliative Care Social Worker
After working for the NHS since 1976 in a nursing capacity, Sue joined Gloucestershire Social Services in 1992 working in both Adult and Children’s services. Sue joined the Social Work Team at Cheltenham General Hospital in 2001, spending 12 months covering the Oncology department and qualified as a Social Worker in 2002 from the University of Gloucestershire. Sue joined the Palliative Care Team at Gloucester Royal Hospital in December 2004.
Sue Savory
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Macmillan Lead Psychologist
Since July 2005, Sue has been employed as Head of Specialty (Palliative Care) in the Health Psychology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is responsible for the management of the psychologists who work within the Oncology, Haematology and Palliative Care (OHP) clinical service directorate of the trust and the leadership and development of psychological care in OHP. She is a member of the palliative care team at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
She has worked for six years in mental health services for working age adults in the county, before leading the development of psychological services in a regional renal unit based in Bristol for over 7 years. In her work in Bristol she developed an interest in the care of elderly renal patients and participated in service developments for supportive care in the renal field.
Helen Roberts
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
I have been a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Cheltenham Team since 1997. Previous to this I was a Ward Sister on Lilleybrook Ward which is one of the oncology wards at Cheltenham.
I qualified as a RGN in 1975 and went on to gain my ENB certificate in oncology at the Royal Marsden in 1978, and subsequently certificates in teaching and assessing, care of the dying, quality of nursing care, ethics and law, counselling and management. More recently I have obtained a diploma in palliative care, BSC in community studies and advanced practice modules in independent/supplementary nurse prescribing and health and diagnostics.
Denise Barr
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Denise has worked at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital since 1998 as a CNS. Previous nursing experience has included working at St Christopher’s Hospice, the Royal Marsden Hospital, and spending 4 years as Senior Nurse in a local hospice.
Alison Doyle
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Kim Horton
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Rachel Kemp
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
Louise Dangerfield
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Mary Nicholls
Office Manager
Mary joined the Palliative Care Team as an Administrative Assistant in June 2001 and in 2006 became the Office Manager. She completed an NVQ3 for Administration in 2007
Yvonne Kimber
Team Secretary
Yvonne has worked in the NHS for eight years, firstly in the Ambulance Control Room and then as an Assistant in the PALS office at Cheltenham General, before joining the Palliative Care Team at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in July 2006.
Sue Beale
Secretary
Sue Beale has worked part time in the NHS as a secretary for 5 years before joining the palliative care team in 2004 and provides administration and secretarial support to the multi-disciplinary Palliative Care team at Cheltenham General Hospital.
