Working
together to transform End of Life Experience and Care
The End of Life Partnership
welcomed MP for Congleton, Fiona Bruce, to their offices at Winterley Grange,
Winterley ahead of their Celebration Event taking place in November.
Launched in April 2014, the
charity works to transform end of life experience and care for communities
across Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester. Teams within the
organisation provide education, training and workplace support to the health
and social care workforce who are delivering end of life care. They also work
with a wide range of organisations, community groups and volunteers to
encourage the public to think about, talk about and take action in relation to
their wishes for life, age, death and loss
Salli Jeynes, Chief Executive
Officer, The End of Life Partnership explained,
“We are delighted to welcome
Fiona and have the opportunity to update her about our work. Working
collaboratively with our partners and community members is crucial if we are
really going to make a difference in supporting people to live and die well.
Ensuring that we are evaluating
and measuring the impact of what we are doing is of vital importance to us and
all our partners. As part of our Celebration Event in November, we will be
taking stock of the highlights, challenges faced and our responses during our
first year in operation as The End of Life Partnership”
Fiona Bruce added,
“I am a
huge supporter of The End of Life Partnership and the important work that they
undertake to support individual families and communities so that loved ones can
experience the best possible all round care in their final days, weeks and
months. It is most impressive that the End of Life Partnership is helping to educate
professionals in health and social care to develop best practice in end of life
care and to provide pioneering leadership and innovation for the rest of the
country to follow. Listening to the dedicated teams explain the leading work
they do in this field, right here in Cheshire, has been incredibly inspiring
and thought provoking”
The organisation works
together with partners including the four Clinical Commissioning Groups, two
local authorities, three hospices and three hospital trusts within Cheshire
East and Cheshire West and Chester as well as the University of Chester, Carers
Trust For All and Macmillan Cancer Support.
