Services in South East Essex

This free service has been commissioned to support adult carers. 

The offer includes:

• One to one information and support to carers 
• Support via phone, text, email or face to face visits including home visits
• Groups and activities for carers
• Help to get Carers Trust grants
• Referrals to carefree breaks
• Free SIM cards

The offer in Southend includes funding for breaks for carers, support to help carers to access their own appointments and one-off respite break funding.

Bliss offers a wide range of free services for the families of premature and sick babies including a video call support service.

The support group is a way to learn more about living with a lung condition and share your experiences and stories with others.

The British Lymphology Society provides a directory of Lymphoedema treatment services.

Use the website address above to find your local services.

The Children's Community Nursing Team (CCN Team) provides clinical nursing care for children and young people with complex and ongoing clinical health needs in the community including palliative care. The team cares for children and young people between the ages of 0 – 18 years who would need to return to hospital or their GP for their health care needs.

The Children’s Community Nursing Team consists of nurses who have specialist training and experience in the care of sick children. We provide a vital link with other professionals to provide holistic care including palliative care to children and their families. We aid in preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge by teaching and supporting families to manage their child’s condition in their own home.

Information and support about stoma care. There is a 24 hour helpline.

The team works with healthcare staff in all aspects of the prevention and management of acute and chronic wounds, with specific focus on those patients with hard to heal, complex and/or problematic wound care.

The Tissue Viability and Complex Leg Ulcer Services are part of the community service provided by this team.

Please compete the SystmOne referral form if available.

Referral form for clinician use only.

Crohns and Colitis UK provides information about and helps to find support from others in the Crohn’s and Colitis community.

The team delivers nursing care to housebound patient's including wound care, assessment, palliative care, medication, pressure ulcer management.

Fair Havens Community Team provides assessment, support advice and care for people wishing to be cared  and supported in their locality community setting. Support is available for those in care homes.

The team is available 24 hours a day, at the end of the phone, for advice and support, to arrange additional home visits. Visits to Fair Havens Hub, the Rapid access service or In Patient Unit is also available.

Please watch this video for more information.

Referrals may be made either by a patient or carer, or any professional directly involved in the patient’s care. Anyone making a referral must have the consent of the patient.

Fair Havens In Patient Unit provides assessment and management of physical symptoms that are proving difficult to control, such as pain, nausea, vomiting, and breathlessness. Respite care is also available for short stays enabling their carers to rest and recuperate. There are 8 beds in the unit.

Some patients may only require a stay for a few days before going home again. Some people choose to receive hospice care several times during their illness, depending on their condition and their wishes.

Please watch this video for more information.

The Hospice Rapid Access Service team is a 24 hour services for people with a primary health need, who are rapidly deteriorating, and likely to be entering the terminal/palliative care phase of their illness. 

Havens Hospices, St Lukes Hospice and Farleigh Hospice work together as a collaborative to ensure consistency of care across all of Mid and South Essex.

The Hospices will assess the care needs of the patient and source care that meets the holistic needs of the patient.  This could be care in the home, on an in-patient unit, or in a Nursing Home.

Havens Hospices – havenshospices.rapidaccess@nhs.net (Southend, Castle Point and Rochford)

Farleigh Hospice -  contactteam.fh@nhs.net (Chelmsford, Maldon and the Dengie, Braintree and the surrounding areas)

St Luke’s Hospice - Stlukes.oneresponse@nhs.net (Basildon and Thurrock)

Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association, known as IA, has been specialising in supporting people living with an ileostomy.

IA has not only an extensive network of local groups across the UK and Ireland but also the majority of volunteers are living life after surgery.

Little Havens provides specialist care and support for babies, children and young people requiring specialist in-patient care for symptom management, respite and end of life care.

LymphConnect is an online platform developed to help manage lymphoedema or lipoedema, understand more about the condition, share experiences and get support and advice.

Macmillan provide cancer information, support and help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.

Visit the website to get help with paying bills, advice on benefits or treatment, or to just chat.

Marie Curie provide support for patients and carers through terminal illness.

Find information and support through the telephone helpline and online chat via their website.

Other services include Marie Curie nurses, Hospice care, helper and companion services.

The palliative care team aims to provide support and management of physical symptoms such as pain, and also provide psychological, social and spiritual care to patients and their families.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child aged 0 to18 years with a life-threatening or terminal illness.

This is a multidisciplinary service including Care coordinators, HCAs, pharmacy and intensive social prescribers.

The team completes complex geriatric assessments and premptively intervention on needs of patients living with frailty. The aim is to support independence and the quality of life of patients and be a point of contact for any need. 

St Luke's Hospice provides the specialist Lymphoedema care team could provide care to you if you are living with primary Lymphoedema, secondary Lymphoedema and Lipoedema. The team can provide clinical expertise, support and practical help for those with any these conditions and live across South Essex.

lymphoedema only service

Together for Short Lives have a helpline and family support hub to provide help and advice for those caring for a child with a serious illness.

Young lives vs Cancer support young people under 25 with cancer, and their families, to get the help they need during their cancer treatment and beyond, including bereaved families living with emotional distress.