Compton Hospice
Compton Hospice - Wolverhampton
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Organisation: |
Compton Hospice |
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Address |
4 Compton Road West Wolverhampton WV3 9DR |
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Contact Number: |
0845 22 55 497 |
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Clinical Lead: |
Dr Deborah Pearson |
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Lead Chaplain |
Rev Barry Smart |
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Geographical Area Covered: |
Wolverhampton,Dudley,Walsall,Sandwell, South Staffordshire,East Shropshire ( Not all services are available in all areas) |
Organisation Website: www.compton-hospice.org.uk
Services Available
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Service |
Yes / No |
Brief description of service including criteria, staffing, operating hours |
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Inpatient specialist palliative care beds |
Yes |
18 single ensuite rooms. Referal criteria available on the Hospice webstie www.compton-hospice.org.uk |
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Hospital advisory team |
No ..but close links |
Hospital palliative medicine consultants from New Cross Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital also work at Compton Hospice |
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Community advisory team |
Yes |
9 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 3 Senior Staff Nurses. One Medical Community Palliative Consultant. Daily Visiting Service 9am 5pm, on call telephone advice service 5pm- 10 pm for and for health care professionals 10 pm until 9am. |
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Outpatient clinics |
Yes |
Doctors, Clinical Nurse specialists, Physiotherapy,Complementary therapy,Counselling |
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Lymphoedema service |
Yes |
Nurse led outpatients clinic. 4 lymphoedema therapists. Monday – Thursday 08.30-17.00 Friday 08.30-14.30 (one evening clinic per month). Referral from health care professionals welcomed. Offer initial assessments, follow up appointments, Medical lymphatic drainage (Leduc method), and other Lymphoedema treatments. |
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Day hospice |
Yes |
16 day patients Monday to Friday. A range of therapies are offered. |
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Hospice at home |
Yes |
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Complementary therapies |
Yes |
Offers aromatherapy, reflexology, Indian head massage and reiki to OPD, ward patients, bereaved relatives, lymphodema patients and main carers. Currently service is offered Mon-Friday 9-5pm
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