Caring at Home Services in Thurrock
A quick search directory of national, regional and borough based clinical services
Bliss
T 0207 373 781 122
Bliss offers a wide range of free services for the families of premature and sick babies including a video call support service.
Breatheasy groups
T 0300 222 5800
The support group is a way to learn more about living with a lung condition and share your experiences and stories with others.
Children's Community Nursing Service: North East London Foundation Trust
T 0300 300 1521 option 1
W https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/services-bsbwtk-community-nursing-clinicians
The Children’s Community Nursing Team consists of nurses who have specialist training and experience in the care of sick children. We provide a vital link with other professionals to provide holistic care including palliative care to children and their families. We aid in preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge by teaching and supporting families to manage their child’s condition in their own home.
Rainbow Trust
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child aged 0 to18 years with a life-threatening or terminal illness.
St Francis Hospice Patient Therapies
T 01708 753319 ext. 2220
The patient therapies team help with a range of symptoms through groups and individual sessions to help managing pain and symptoms.
The team consistes of:
- Physiotheraphy
- Occupational therapy
- Complementary therapy
St Francis Hospice Social Workers
T 01708 753319 ext. 2285
Social workers offer a wide variety of support to patients, carers, family and loved ones.
St Luke's Hospice Carer's Support
St Luke's Hospice Carer's Support Coordinator will discuss a wide range of practical advice, financial advice, training and emotional support, as well as ways to look after yourself whilst in your carers role.
They also offer a variety of support groups – both virtual (online) and face to face
St Luke's Hospice Clinical Outpatients
T 01268 524973 / 01268 526259
St Luke's Hospice Clinical Outpatients team offers convenient, accessible and specialist key clinical procedures and palliative care, in a relaxed environment with appointments to meet your wellbeing and lifestyle needs.
Key clinical procedures offered to outpatients:
- Advance Care Planning clinics
- Ascetic and Pleural drainage
- Blood product transfusions
- Clinical Nurse Specialist symptom management clinic
- CVC line care
- Intravenous fluids
- IV Bisphosphonates infusions
- IV Iron Infusions
- Long term condition clinic – supporting heart failure, renal and liver conditions
- Venepuncture
The service opening hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm.
St Luke's Hospice Community Service
St Luke's Hospice community service provides assessment, support advice and care for people wishing to be cared and supported in their locality community setting. The team also provide support in care homes, the hospice's rapid access service and there is the provision of clinical nurse specialists.
St Luke's Hospice Physiotherapy Support
T 01268 526259
St Luke's Hospice Physiotherapy team can help when living with a life limiting illness. Specialist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists will listen and assess to support independence and aid mobility to manage symptoms and positively impact quality of life and wellbeing.
Family and loved ones are also supported in their caring roles. Advice, guidance and techniques on how to safely move and handle someone when caring for them can be accessed through conversation with the Physiotherapy team.
The offer includes:
- individual assessments to help provide appropriate equipment, e.g. mobility aids
- personalised treatment plans including non-drug pain relief treatments and exercises to improve mobility, independence and balance
- treatments to assist with shortness of breath, fatigue or insomnia
- group exercise classes and confidence building
Rehabilitative care is also provided by our Occupational Therapy team.
Together for Short Lives
Together for Short Lives have a helpline and family support hub to provide help and advice for those caring for a child with a serious illness.
Young lives vs Cancer
T 0300 303 5220
Young lives vs Cancer support young people under 25 with cancer, and their families, to get the help they need during their cancer treatment and beyond, including bereaved families living with emotional distress.