Referring someone to the Hospice
From the point of diagnosis onwards, East Cheshire Hospice has a wide range of treatments, advice, therapies and support available. As a patient or carer, you don’t have to struggle on your own – and as a healthcare professional, you don’t have to allow your patients and their families to go unsupported on what can be a life-changing journey.
Here’s how
To refer yourself/your patient, please fill in the East Cheshire Hospice Referral Form (available to download below) with as much information as you can and send it back to the relevant service’s email address.
If you are self-referring, please be aware that consent is required from your GP or primary healthcare provider, such as your Macmillan nurse. Please note that the referral form requires in-depth medical information so that we can quickly understand your needs. Therefore, you may decide to ask your GP/primary healthcare provider to complete it on your behalf.
For referrals to Dementia and Bereavement services, please complete the relevant separate referral forms available to download below.
Services email addresses:
- Inpatient services: cmicb-cheshire.echospiceipu@nhs.net
- Hospice @Home services: cmicb-cheshire.echospiceathome@nhs.net
- Outpatient services (Sunflower Centre): cmicb-cheshire.echospicesfc@nhs.net
- Blood transfusions: cmicb-cheshire.echospicetransfusion@nhs.net
- Adult Bereavement services: cmicb-cheshire.echospicefsbereavement@nhs.net
- Child Bereavement services: cmicb-cheshire.echospicecb@nhs.net
- Dementia services: cmicb-cheshire.echospicedementia@nhs.net – for
- Respite services: cmicb-cheshire.echospicerespite@nhs.net
We’re here to make your/your patient’s introduction to the Hospice as smooth and stress-free as possible, and we look forward to finding out how we can help.
If you have any questions, please contact our Patient Services Lead on 01625 610364.
Other referrals
Community Dementia Companion Service
If you would like to access the Community Dementia Companion Service, then you can take a look at the Referral Criteria and Process download below.
Befriending Community Support
Our ‘befrienders’ can provide flexible support to people in the last year of their life (Ideally, but not necessarily, on the Gold Standard Framework), and their carers – usually visiting for an hour or two once a week, with the possibility to do more if needed. It’s primarily aimed at social contact for isolated people, but we may be able to provide practical tasks like shopping and lifts on occasion. Health and social care professionals can contact volunteers@echospice.org.uk, or refer directly by completing East Cheshire Hospice Befriending referral form.
Self-Referral
Self-referral is available for some of our services, such as Respite Care, MND Wellbeing, and some Sunflower Living Well Centre services. Patients and carers can complete the referral form via the link below to access these services.
