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The Social Work team, comprising a Team Manager, two Palliative
Care Counsellors and twelve Bereavement Counsellors, help with psychological
and social difficulties.
Support is offered through counselling. Our highly trained and
experienced counsellors offer patients, their children and carers
a professional knowledge, skill and commitment. 
By affording people this expertise plus the time, privacy and opportunity
to talk through their fears and anxieties, people often feel that
they can take more control of their situation and accept it more
comfortably. This can be carried out individually, with couples
or the whole family.
A key concern is to enable and empower patients and their carers
to inform and adequately prepare their children and adolescents
about the severity of the illness and what to expect.
The Social Work team also advises and assists with matters such
as home care, nursing home placements etc.
For further information click
here to download our information leaflet on Patient and Family
Support (1302kb / 3mins 6 secs / 20 secs)
(Files are shown with filesize /and approximate download
times using 56k modem / 512k broadband).
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