The Outreach service supports patients and families in their own home through the provision of education, personal, practical and emotional support for short periods of time. You can be referred to into our service by any health or social care professional. The outreach team is also supported by volunteer outreach buddies who are able to provide practical support and situational respite.
Our outreach team are getting involved much earlier in a diagnosis and the team spend time with the patients and their families to signpost what help and other services are available and talk through the process of their illness so they know what to expect.
We have recently extended our outreach service to seven days and will be implementing a night respite service in the near future.