Garden House Hospice Care, based in Letchworth, are expanding their provision to support health and social care careers. Since July of this year, they have extended their internal training to external delegates who provide end of life and palliative care.
Garden House pride themselves on being an ‘education provider of choice’, with each course designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to provide a high standard of palliative and end of life care.
Alison Hailes, the Hospice’s Learning and Development Clinical Specialist, is leading the training:
“I’m a ‘general specialist’ so attendees can expect all sorts of topics – from Palliative Care Study Days and Medicines Management, to Observations and Glucometer training and Infection Control. I also deliver training on topics like Safeguarding and Mental Capacity, Cultural, Religious and Spiritual Beliefs at End of Life, and long term conditions including respiratory, heart and Motor Neurone Disease (MND). But my favourite topic to teach is Essential Communication Skills as it’s the heart of everything we do.”
Alison is a Registered Nurse and has also completed a Specialist District Nursing
Postgraduate Diploma. Her further accolades include a Mentorship and Preceptorship
qualification, Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification, Minor Illness and Professional
Nurse Advocate training.
“One of my proudest moments was receiving my Queens Nurse Award during COVID for my
work promoting learning, leadership and quality in patient care. My passion now is to
continue using my experience and the knowledge I’ve gained to manage and inspire others
working in health and social care to achieve great results.”
Here is some feedback from courses Alison has delivered for the University of Hertfordshire:
“One student told me she feels more confident in end of life care delivery, and three others said they are now considering end of life care as their future career path.”
“We received amazing feedback from the HCA day. The students said that you were so informative and that they have not found an education day as interesting as that in a long time.”
Are you a healthcare professional looking for development opportunities?
The Learning and Development Team at Garden House Hospice Care run regular clinical training courses, and they can also deliver bespoke courses. You can find out more and book on their website: https://www.ghhospicecare.org.uk/courses.
If you have any questions you can contact the team at education@ghhospicecare.org.uk.
