Mathew Fry and Mary Bowen, the
two Senior Project Managers
responsible for driving the project
The South East London project, which begins in September, will cover a population of 1.5 million people and last for three years.
It follows the charity’s introduction of similar projects in Lincolnshire, Tayside, Leeds and Barnet in north London.
To deliver the South East London project, the charity will work closely with local partners to assess the state of palliative care services in the area, identify barriers to delivering palliative care, and design new service models to address these. These models will be piloted for the final two years of the project, the aim being that these will be carried forward by local partners at the project’s conclusion to be sustained over the longer term.
Project partners already on board include the area’s five Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) – Lambeth, Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich and Lambeth – along with Bexley Care Trust; the major hospitals and mental health trusts serving the area; the London Ambulance Service and local hospices. The project also has strong support from the South East London Cancer and Cardiac Networks.
Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care, said:
“South East London will be our biggest and most challenging project yet, through which we will reach more patients and their carers than ever before.
“In South East London, 71 per cent of patients are dying in hospital, and just 20 per cent are able to spend their final days in the comfort of their homes. We want to change this for the better by making palliative care in the community a genuine option for patients and their carers.”
June 2007
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