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need in place, so that they can stay in

                                                                                                   their own home if they choose to.


                                                                                                   Lisa told me that the Community Team

                                                                                                   visited 1191 patients across Greenwich
                                                                                                   and Bexley in the past year.  That’s a
                                                                                                   lot of people to visit, but it’s fantastic
                                                                                                   that people have the choice about
                                                                                                   where they want to be cared for.



                                                                                                   I was really impressed to discover that

                                                                1,191                              there’s a lovely team of people who
                                                                                                   answer thousands of calls each year
                                                                                                   from doctors, other healthcare profes-
                                                         People were visited by our
                                                              Community Team                       sionals, patients, and those closest to
                                                                                                   them.  In fact my doctor made one of
                                                                                                   those calls and that’s how I was re-

                                                                                                   ferred to Greenwich & Bexley Commu-
        This is Nurse Lisa                                                                         nity Hospice in the first place.



        She looks after people in their homes

        in our community


        Lisa works in the Community Team.  I like coming to the                                                         3,740

        Hospice, but sometimes people need a bit of help at home,
        so Lisa, or one of the other nurses will come and visit.  They
        make sure that patients have all the services and care they                                                         Visits to people
                                                                                                                            in their homes
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