palliative care

Palliative care is a specialised medical care focused on quality of life for people with a serious illness such as cancer or heart failure.

Hospices and palliative care are the final chapter of life, where people spend their final days, ideally in comfort and peace.

A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, I was placed in the vulnerable category, which has significantly changed my role.

Dr Corinna Midgley cares for patients every day. She meets new referrals, treats inpatients on the ward, visits outpatients in their homes, and sees them at the Hospice.