Weldmar Community Nurse, Sturminster Newton

Care at home from Weldmar Community Nurses

Your first contact with Weldmar Hospicecare is most likely to be with your local Weldmar Community Nurse, once you have been referred from your GP or healthcare professional.

They will visit you at home to discuss your needs and the best way forward – the care we provide is as individual as you.

We have Weldmar Community Nurses and Community Nurse Specialists working across Dorset, with close links to GPs, district nurses, and community hospitals. All of our nurses are experienced in the complex symptoms and problems that life limiting illness and its treatment can bring.

They are here to support patients and families, and are happy to discuss any anxieties you may have regarding your illness, offer advice on how to best manage your symptoms, and do what they can to make you feel comfortable.

Our team will visit people at home, in nursing homes, residential homes and the community hospitals.

The community nurse team are constantly liaising with the consultants and other specialist areas in Weldmar, so for example they can arrange a visit from a specialty doctor or a physiotherapist.

Common Questions

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Tess’ Story

I thought a hospice was about dying. Weldmar has helped me to make the most of the life I have left. So instead of focusing on the end, they focus on the here and now, and they do that in lots and lots of ways. I am so glad that Weldmar is part of my life.

Find out what a difference Tess's Weldmar Community Nurse has made to her

24 Hour Advice Line

As a patient or a loved one in the care of Weldmar Hospicecare, you can be assured that help and advice is always there for you.

All patients will have the number for our 24 hour advice line in their information pack, which they or a family member can call if needed.

Even if you don’t speak to your usual Weldmar Community Nurse or Community Nurse Specialist, the nurse you speak to on the phone will have access to your notes and can provide the help and support you need.

John’s Story

“When the time came, Siobhan was absolutely phenomenal. I was at my wit’s end, but she just came in and took over.

We’d been told we couldn’t have a hospital bed at home, which is where Karen wanted to stay, but Siobhan organised one that day, as well as nurses to come in three times a day.

Siobhan continued to come and see us every day, and I also realised that the support was there for me, as well as Karen.”

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Care at home from Weldmar Community Nurses

Your first contact with Weldmar Hospicecare is most likely to be with your local Weldmar Community Nurse, once you have been referred from your GP or healthcare professional.

They will visit you at home to discuss your needs and the best way forward – the care we provide is as individual as you.

Common Questions

Tess’ Story

I thought a hospice was about dying. Weldmar has helped me to make the most of the life I have left. So instead of focusing on the end, they focus on the here and now, and they do that in lots and lots of ways. I am so glad that Weldmar is part of my life.

24 Hour Advice Line

John’s Story

“When the time came, Siobhan was absolutely phenomenal. I was at my wit’s end, but she just came in and took over.

We’d been told we couldn’t have a hospital bed at home, which is where Karen wanted to stay, but Siobhan organised one that day, as well as nurses to come in three times a day.

Siobhan continued to come and see us every day, and I also realised that the support was there for me, as well as Karen.”

Care at home from Weldmar Community Nurses

Your first contact with Weldmar Hospicecare is most likely to be with your local Weldmar Community Nurse, once you have been referred from your GP or healthcare professional.

They will visit you at home to discuss your needs and the best way forward – the care we provide is as individual as you.

Common Questions

Tess’ Story

I thought a hospice was about dying. Weldmar has helped me to make the most of the life I have left. So instead of focusing on the end, they focus on the here and now, and they do that in lots and lots of ways. I am so glad that Weldmar is part of my life.

24 Hour Advice Line

John’s Story

“When the time came, Siobhan was absolutely phenomenal. I was at my wit’s end, but she just came in and took over.

We’d been told we couldn’t have a hospital bed at home, which is where Karen wanted to stay, but Siobhan organised one that day, as well as nurses to come in three times a day.

Siobhan continued to come and see us every day, and I also realised that the support was there for me, as well as Karen.”

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