Hospice inpatient unit set to reopen by May as new doctors join team and virtual consultants go live
Cheers, tears and applause as announcement is made to staffTHE inpatient unit of a rural hospice which was closed earlier this year due to a shortage of staff is set to reopen by May 2020. Bosses at St Mary’s Hospice have managed to recruit the speciality doctors they need to work alongside existing members of the team. They will be supported from afar by a bank of digital consultants who are specialists in palliative care. The news was announced to staff of the hospice today by chief executive Val Stangoe, who said: “There were cheers, tears and applause. It was such a nice way to