St Giles Hospice - Our Five Year Strategy - 2017-2022 St Giles Five Year Strategy 2017 | Page 9
Our education and research
Always learning
Education and Training have
always been a key part of
St Giles, with our deep
commitment to providing
excellent support whilst
continuing to learn and build
our expertise.
“A hospice isn’t a bad
place or a sad place.
It’s a place full of life
and new hope where
families and patients
are supported through
their journey.”
A Summer School Student
We train our own teams as well
as those who want to learn from
us. We provide training on a wide
range of topics, developing skills
and confidence in supporting
people who are living with a
potentially terminal illness or who
are dying or who are grieving. Our
training is open to anyone and
includes study days, vocational
training courses and higher
education qualifications.
Our Summer Schools and
Enrichment Days encourage young
people at school to change their
views of hospice care, to build
their confidence and consider
palliative and hospice care as
future career options.
Over the next five
years we aim to:
Work with other health and
care groups to increase their
knowledge and confidence in
caring for people who are dying
or living with an illness that may
not be curable
Extend our range of education
opportunities, including an
increased focus in specialist
symptom management and in
helping healthcare professionals
feel confident to discuss end of
life care issues with patients and
their families
Continue to develop our research
activity where we believe it can
benefit local people
Expand the engagement work
we do with schools, colleges
and universities to encourage
and inspire a future generation
to consider the needs of people
with potentially terminal illnesses
695
people stayed in our
inpatient units in 2016
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