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. IT S International Nurses Day – a moment for everyone to acknowledge and appreciate the role nurses play in our society. As a nurse myself, I am incredibly proud of my profession. This past year has brought home just how valuable our nurses are, right across the NHS.
Karen Howell, chief executive of Wirral CHC NHS Foundation Trust Whether in our hospitals, or in our communities, nurses see, treat, support and care for people every day and night. From cradle to grave, nurses are there. Here at Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust nurses working with other clinical professionals, including social care, are at the front of everything we do, working across an incredibly diverse range of specialisms.
Brave Derbyshire mum planned for death after terminal cancer diagnosis
Kate planned final years with loving husband Keith
Kate, Keith and their sons Alex and Sam, the day before the mum started her treatment (Image: Ashgate Hospicecare)
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Keith and his wife were never afraid to discuss plans for her death after Kate s terminal diagnosis.
The basic ways that we support each other have also been interrupted; hugs, crying on each other’s shoulder, popping in to make a cup of tea or a meal, going to visit shared favourite places have all been impossible for much of the year.
Isolation has compounded this, with many people bereaved even before the pandemic finding that their social support network stopped suddenly and they were left alone with their distress.
Friends, families and charities have adapted how they support people by moving contact to telephone or online but for many that close physical human contact is what has been missing.
Published:
3:08 PM May 6, 2021
Greg Cooper of St Elizabeth Hospice, Nicola Button of St Helena Hospice and Glenn Hubbard of St Nicholas Hospice
- Credit: St Helena Hospice
Three East Anglian hospices are joining forces this month to promote community support and unity during Dying Matters Awareness Week.
Ipswich s St Elizabeth Hospice will unite with Colchester s St Helena Hospice and St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds to mark the occasion next week.
The annual event is held to encourage communities, individuals and organisations to open up the conversation surrounding death, dying and bereavement.
It is hoped the collaboration between the hospices will help give local people the guidance they need on how better to support one another when going through grief.