Palliative Care
About Palliative Care
Palliative and End of Life Care are integral aspects of the care delivered to those living with and dying from any advanced, progressive or incurable condition.  Palliative Care is not just about care in the last months, days and hours of a person’s life, but ensuring quality of life for both patients and families at every stage of the disease process, from diagnosis onwards.  Palliative Care focuses on the person, not the disease, and applies a holistic approach to meeting the physical, practical, functional, social, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and carers.
Palliative Care in Lanarkshire
In Lanarkshire we aim to meet palliative care needs and provide services in the setting of patient/carer choice, wherever possible.  For many people this will be in their own homes, or their care home of residence. Admission to an inpatient bed will only happen where absolutely necessary, with discharge facilitated as quickly as possible. Specialist palliative care is available for people with more complex needs, but most palliative care is delivered by other teams.
Contact details are provided below for the various specialist palliative care services provided, both for people with palliative care needs (and their family/friends) and those providing palliative care.
People with Palliative Care Needs
The following services are available to people with palliative and end of life care needs:
- St Andrew’s Hospice (Henderson Street, Airdrie ML6 6DJ, call 01236 766951) provides specialist palliative care services for people in North Lanarkshire and Clydesdale localities https://www.st-andrews-hospice.com/
- Kilbryde Hospice (McGuinness Way, East Kilbride G75 8GJ, call 01355 202020) provides specialist palliative care services for people in East Kilbride, Hamilton, Cambuslang and Rutherglen localities https://kilbrydehospice.org.uk
- Strathcarron Hospice (Denny, Stirlingshire FK6 5HJ, call 01324 826222) provides palliative care services for Lanarkshire residents in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth https://www.strathcarronhospice.net/
- The Haven has three centres in Blantyre (call 01698 727884), Wishaw (call 01698 366948) & Forth (call 01555 811846) providing information and support for families affected by a range of life limiting illnesses https://www.thehavencentre.com/
- Maggie’s Lanarkshire in Airdrie (call 01236 771199) provides practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and family/friends https://www.maggiescentres.org/our-centres/maggies-lanarkshire/
- Compassionate Lanarkshire (CLAN) is a partnership between St Andrew’s, Kilbryde and Strathcarron (call 01236 772004) offering complementary therapies and befriending to people and families affected by life limiting illnesses
- Lanarkshire Carers Centre is based in Hamilton (call 01698 428090) & Airdrie (call 01236 755550), working with and for carers to develop and deliver services that make a positive difference to their lives https://lanarkshirecarerscentre.org.uk/about
- Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust in Wishaw (call 01698 355137) provides volunteer drivers to take people with cancer for treatment if they have difficulty attending
People Providing Palliative Care
- The following information/links may be useful to people providing palliative and end of life care:
- St Andrew’s Hospice (people from North Lanarkshire & Clydesdale) call 01236 766951 website: https://www.st-andrews-hospice.com/healthcare-professionals/make-a-referral/
- Kilbryde Hospice (people from East Kilbride, Hamilton, Cambuslang & Rutherglen) call 01355 202020 website: https://kilbrydehospice.org.uk/our-services/how-to-make-referrals/
- Strathcarron Hospice(for Lanarkshire residents from Cumbernauld & Kilsyth) call 01324 826222 website: https://www.strathcarronhospice.net/how-to-refer
- Specialist palliative care advice out of hours
- Our new community specialist palliative care referral and advice line should be used for all community referrals. It is staffed Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm by a senior nurse and a Consultant in Palliative Medicine. Old printed referral forms should be disposed of.
For professional advice and new referrals, call 01698 754501
- Our new community specialist palliative care referral and advice line should be used for all community referrals. It is staffed Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm by a senior nurse and a Consultant in Palliative Medicine. Old printed referral forms should be disposed of.
For general enquiries (but not referrals) please use: palliativecare.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk​
- Strathcarron community nurse specialists for Lanarkshire residents in Cumbernauld & Kilsyth call 01324 826222 website: https://www.strathcarronhospice.net
- University Hospitals Specialist palliative care team (contact via switchboard – Monklands call 01236 748748, Wishaw call 01698 361100, Hairmyres call 01355 585000)
- Specialist palliative care advice out of hours
- St Andrew’s Hospice (24/7) call 01236 766951
- Kilbryde Hospice (24/7) call 01355 202020
- The weekend 9am – 5pm Community SPC CNS service is currently suspended.
- Marie Curie referral centre (usually via Community Nurses) call 08450 567899, email nursing@mariecurie.org.uk
- Compassionate Lanarkshire (CLAN)( call 01236 772004) referral form at https://www.st-andrews-hospice.com/healthcare-professionals/make-a-referral/#tab-id-4, email the referral to referral@clan-lan.uk
- The Scottish Palliative Care guidelines reflect a consensus of opinion about good practice in the management of adult patients with life limiting illness web: https://www.palliativecareguidelines.scot.nhs.uk/
- The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care brings people together to find ways of improving people’s experiences of declining health, death, dying and bereavement https://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/
