Change of roles in our Executive Team
We are delighted to announce changes to the roles of two of our Executive Team – with immediate effect. Wayne de Leeuw will undertake the role of Director of Patient, Family Services and Deputy Chief Executive of Dorothy House. Ruth Gretton will now become…
Improving Information sharing in End of Life Care
Our Medical Director, Dr Patricia Needham spoke at the Caldicott Principles and Information Sharing in End of Life Care Conference in London last week (25th June). Other speakers at the conference included Dr Karen Le Ball, Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Highland Chair, UK Clinical Ethics…
Outstanding Employer Award – Working for Carers
Earlier this month, two members of our Human Resources team, Celia Duggan and Sandy Corbyn, attended the Working for Carers (WfC) Network Lunch at Devizes Town Hall, where Dorothy House was accredited with the WfC Outstanding Employer Award by Carer Support Wiltshire.…
Summer Act of Remembering cancelled
We have unfortunately had to cancel the remembrance service due to take place at Manvers Street Baptist Church at 3.00 pm on Sunday 1st July. Everyone who had registered to attend has been contacted personally, but we are keen to alert…
What support is needed in your Somerset community?
“A society where death is a part of life” In partnership with Community First and the Community Council for Somerset, we are undertaking a needs analysis within the Mendip community of what support is felt to be needed locally in terms of…
Gender Pay Report 2018
As required by the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, Dorothy House Hospice Care has undertaken Gender Pay Reporting and will do so on an annual basis. Our figures have been calculated as laid out in the legislation and…
Working with Patients to Support the Self-Management of Lymphoedema
Lymphoedema is a chronic long term condition, the result of a lymphatic system failure. It can be classified as either primary (due to an abnormality within the lymphatic system) or secondary (damage to the lymphatic system by external factors e.g. cancer related…
Hellebores event cancelled
Due to unpredictable weather conditions we have, regretfully, decided to cancel our Hellebores fundraising event at Kapunda on Sunday 4th March. Thank you for your understanding. The garden is still scheduled to open next on Sunday 18th March (2 – 4pm) for…
Service provision in light of bad weather
In light of the predicted bad weather over the next couple of days (Thursday 1 and Friday 2 March), we have reviewed our service provision over the period. The Inpatient Unit will be open as usual, and will be open to admissions subject…
UPDATE: Phone lines at Winsley are now back up and running
UPDATE (11:13am Friday 8 February) All phone lines at Winsley are now backup and running, we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Again, thank you for your patience. Please be aware that all phone lines into Dorothy House are…