Saint Catherine’s Fast Track Home Care Service Celebrates First Anniversary

Saturday, 6 May 2023 11:07

The hospice’s service, which allows people throughout Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale to receive the best possible end-of-life care in their own homes, is proudly celebrating a year of delivery.

Fast Track Home Care is a service that is fully funded by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) with the aim of ensuring consistency in service provision across the region.

Debbie King, Senior Sister at Saint Catherine’s, said: “We are finding that more and more people are wanting to be cared for at home when they coming to the end of their life, so being able to provide this specialist care and support in that setting is really important.

“Thanks to the Fast Track Home Care Service, we are able to respect more patients’ wishes and the model of the service has meant that we are able to care for more patients in their own homes across a wider area than we have been able to in the past.”

Sue Boulton, Junior Sister and Fast Track Home Care Service Lead at Saint Catherine’s added: “The Fast Track Home Care service is invaluable and it has been great to be helping people in their own homes for a year already.

“We get to know patients and their families on a really personal level when we are in their own homes and this helps us to provide outstanding care for everyone. The team is supportive of patients, families, carers and each other - I am really proud to be a part of this wonderful team.”

The service, which requires a referral from a healthcare professional, runs late into the evening, seven days a week, with out-of-hours care provided by district nurses and GP services along with telephone support available via Saint Catherine’s Palcall service.

Fast Track Home Care has created 20 new roles and has received glowing feedback from families in the community. One family said: “Thank you so much for the care that you gave to my mum in the last week of her life. Me, my husband and all of my family appreciate it so much, it made such a difference knowing that your team were coming in every day to help and care for Mum.”

Visit www.saintcatherines.org.uk or email general@saintcatherines.org.uk to find out more about the services available at Saint Catherine’s.

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