What we do
Our Vision
At Kentown Support, we believe every child with a life-limiting condition - and their family - deserves the very best care, close to home.
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That's why we created the Kentown children's palliative care community model - a first of its kind initiative leading the way in collaborative care. This unique UK-wide model works with local services to create a more coordinated, accessible and family focused approach - together for seriously ill children and their families.
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We focus on what matters most to families:
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Nursing
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Family Support
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Service Coordination
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Therapeutic Counselling
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Together, these services offer wrap-around care, giving families the support they need in their own home.​
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We create sustainable teams around every child and family, equipping them with the expertise and knowledge to deliver a responsive, community-based model of children's palliative care.
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We share and fund research, education and training resources so that healthcare professionals have the knowledge and expertise to provide wrap around care.​​​
How we do it
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We invest in and support local community teams and organisations who work hand in hand with specialist palliative care services, hospices, and health and social care providers.​​
​By building strong partnerships with both NHS and voluntary services in each area, we help ensure that children with life-limiting conditions and their families, receive the right care, at the right time, close to or in their home. This joined-up approach allows us to offer vital services fairly and consistently in each programme area.​​​
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By uniting professionals, making community children’s palliative care more accessible, and keeping children and their families at the heart of the service, the programme demonstrates how integrated community palliative care can work in practice. The programme operates without hierarchy between the Coordinators, Nurses and Family Support Workers and positions staff to work flexibly across organisational boundaries if needed.
As Kentown Support grows and expands into new areas of the UK, we continue to develop and adjust how we roll out this model of care so that it complements any established statutory and voluntary services in the area. Together, this support can make a critical difference to families’ lives.
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