Hospice Information

The Hospice information service is a one-stop shop with a personal touch, a provider of information for health professionals, students and members of the public.

The Hospice information service is all about providing the right information, at the right time. It is also about building relationships with other organisations so that we can signpost people to appropriate resources and contacts.

“I have really appreciated your readiness to provide information, contacts and connections. I was not expecting this much support when I sent that first email to the Hospice information service. The information you provided has been so helpful, that we really believe that we can get started within the next year.”
Personal email communication from a doctor in Beirut, Lebanon, who is developing a palliative care service, May 2009.

The Hospice information service is provided by Help the Hospices in partnership with St Christopher’s. The combined skills, resources, experience and commitment to local, national and international palliative care of our parent organisations help us to deliver a supportive and professional service to anyone who is involved in palliative care.

At the heart of our work is ‘connecting people’: helping the professionals who need a helping hand, or who work in isolation, or with limited resources, to learn from each other and, through provision of information to the public about palliative care across the world, to give patients a degree of choice.

The Hospice information service offers…

• a personal enquiry service provided by our six-strong team of information specialists. We handle more than 7,000 enquiries a year – from helping  a newly appointed hospice nurse to access an online training course to helping a patient to find palliative care in Kenya
• UK and international directories
• online directory of education and training
• online job vacancies listing
• free e-news resources: Hospice UK Online and Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Online with latest UK and international news
• free print magazine, the Hospice Information Bulletin, with stories and ideas to adapt from the global palliative care community
• an international linking service – we can help you to find a ‘hospice twin’ or support you in preparing for an international voluntary teaching assignment
• presentations and displays – this year we have contributed to events in France, Rome, UK and Vienna 

We are in touch with more than100 countries of the world – sign up to our publications  and feel a bigger part of the worldwide hospice and palliative care community.
 
To find out more please contact us. We are also pleased to welcome visitors to our offices at St Christopher’s or at Help the Hospices.

Melanie Hodson, UK Information Manager 
Avril Jackson, International Information Manager

Tel : +44 (0)20 7520 8222 (Monday–Friday 9am to 5pm)
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8776 9345 or +44 (0)20 7278 1021

Email:  info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Website: www.helpthehospices.org.uk/hospiceinformation