Sue Ryder, the charity providing palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement support, is looking for people to join an online discussion group to share their thoughts on a new approach to end-of-life care that they are developing.
Many people wish to spend their final days at home, surrounded by loved ones and familiar comforts. Yet nearly half of all deaths still occur in hospitals, often following emergency admissions in the last year of life.
Sue Ryder is developing a new care model called “Alongside Suites” that would provide specialised palliative care within hospital grounds. This approach aims to offer more compassionate, personalised care while reducing time spent in traditional hospital settings.
That’s where you come in.
Have you supported a loved one through end-of-life care recently? If so, your perspective will help ensure this new approach truly meets the needs of patients and families. Your experiences and insights are important to us.
This will be a relaxed, informal discussion where you can share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. Your input will help impact how this care is designed.
We are holding two sessions so that participants can join at a time that is most convenient for them. The dates are:
- Wednesday, 4 June: 2.30 – 4pm
- Thursday, 12 June: 1 – 2.30pm
To join us, please register for one of the two discussion groups.
You can join the discussion group on Wednesday, 4 June here:
https://buytickets.at/kaleidoscopehealthcare/1687150
Or the discussion group on Thursday, 12 June here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kaleidoscopehealthcare/1687157
Is this the same model that is used in Grantham, Derby, Liverpool etc?
In the climate where NHS is looking at redundancies and cannot afford new buildings, is the proposal to change the use of current hospital wards eg change a medical ward to a palliative care one or is Sue Ryder proposing to fund capital spend on hospital sites to create new buildings?
We are awaiting a response from Sue Ryder
Hello – thanks for your comment.
This is a new model. We understand concerns around the current financial climate and have accounted for this in our proposal, as well as considering the need for a tailored approach in different areas. We are having positive discussions with some NHS Trusts, and they are all facing different practical challenges and opportunities around palliative and end-of-life care provision in their settings.
As per the previous post – we’re looking for input from people across the country to discuss this proposal in more detail and help us shape it further. We’d welcome you to join the group to contribute thoughts.
Sue Ryder team