Hospices unite under education partnership

St Elizabeth and St Helena Hospices have partnered with St Nicholas Hospice Care as part of their joint Hospice Education initiative, which provides a planned and integrated approach to palliative and end-of- life education, learning and development for staff, volunteers and the local community.

Through Hospice Education, the hospices are collaborating to provide an extensive range of palliative and end-of-life education, training, learning and development sessions – both online and in person as part of a blended approach – available to healthcare professionals across North East Essex, Suffolk through to Great Yarmouth and Waveney.

Mandy Summons, Head of Hospice Education, said: “I am so pleased we have been able to achieve this unified ambition, which has been a vision we have had for a number of years. This collaboration demonstrates our commitment to in-house and outreach education for 2024/25 across Suffolk and North East Essex.

“We will continue to explore new joint working opportunities with various multi-professional agencies, expanding partnership learning and development activities to ensure learning opportunities are inclusive and accessible for all across Suffolk and North East Essex.”

Pippa Wilding, Head of Nursing and Quality at St Nicholas Hospice Care, said: “We at St Nicholas Hospice Care are very excited to join Hospice Education and be a part of a wider team to be the lead education provider for health and social professionals in palliative and end-of-life care across Suffolk, Thetford and North & East Essex.

“We will deliver palliative and end-of-life training to equip the people in West Suffolk and Thetford to be more confident caring for more people across our community.

“We will look forward to making plans and working together to support the ‘grow your own’ concept and have a culture that is pro-actively retaining good staff and developing them to take on more senior roles, where appropriate.”

To find out more information about Hospice Education email training@hospiceeducation.org.uk or click here.