Your care

Booklets

Welcome to St Christopher’s

To welcome you to St Christopher’s we’ve created a booklet which we hope serves as a useful introduction to the services we can offer you and your loved ones.

Planning ahead

Our Planning Ahead booklet has useful contents pages to allow you to dip in to the parts that are most helpful to you when you need them.

Managing breathlessness

Our Managing Breathlessness booklet will provide you with practical advice and techniques to help you manage your breathlessness.

Understanding your medicines

This booklet aims to answer questions and provide information on medicines.

Wellbeing

This booklet aims to provide you with hints and tips about maximising your own wellbeing and quality of life, enabling you to live as fully as possible.

Exercise and breathlessness videos

Leaflets

Your information: how we use and keep it

We collect a lot of personal information from and about you, your family and from other services. We need this information so that we can provide you with highest quality care and treatment.

Services for patients:

Compassionate Chat

Community support hub

Our Community Support Hub offers free-to-access groups and initiatives that support people to talk about their feelings, share experiences and gain support from our community

Complementary Therapies

Complementary Therapy and Wellbeing Services

We have a dedicated Wellbeing and Complementary Therapy Team at St Christopher’s that offer a range of services at both our Sydenham and Caritas site in Orpington.

Compassionate Neighbours

Companionship

Compassionate Neighbours

Candles Remembering

Psychological and spiritual care

The Psychological and Spiritual Care team offer space for compassionate, contemplative care and reflection, through therapeutic, psychological, emotional, religious, pastoral and spiritual support.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation is offered by the Allied Health Professions Team (AHPs)