It takes a special kind of person to be a Prospect Hospice nurse. Here Hayley Kenealy, a clinical nurse specialist with the charity, tells us what the role entails - and why she loves the job... "We normally see patients who are in the last year of their lives, so our work is palliative – that is relieving pain and discomfort – rather than curative. A clinical nurse specialist, or CNS, is a specialist in end of life care, rather than a generalist, and we work out in the community rather than at Prospect Hospice’s main building in Wroughton. We take referrals from GPs, district nurses, oncologists at the hospital and even sometimes patients themselves. Because we are specialist practitioners – and also because we are an independent charity, rather than part of the NHS, we can provide a range of practical, medical and emotional support that is tailored to each individual patient and their loved ones.