Palliative Care (Community Specialist Team) – Halton

General introduction

The community specialist palliative care team is a community‑based service made up of clinical nurse specialists with the expertise to provide specialist palliative advice and support for people with life‑limiting illnesses.

This is a specialist advice service offering support with:

• complex pain and symptom management
• psychological and emotional support
• signposting to other appropriate services

The clinical nurse specialists work closely with patients, families, carers and a wide range of professionals as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, including:

• integrated community nursing teams
• general practitioners
• acute oncology teams
• consultants
• outpatient and day care departments
• family support services
• other clinical nurse specialists
• pharmacists
• social services and voluntary sector services
• physiotherapists and occupational therapists

The service is offered in the patient’s own home or within our clinic at the Independent Living Centre in Runcorn.