Wigan hub opens to provide training in palliative care for health and social care workers

The doors have opened at a new hub providing training in palliative and end-of-life care for health and social care professionals in Wigan.

The new centre offers online and classroom-based learning and brings together the training currently provided in more than 100 locations across the borough.

It is led by the hospice’s practice development team – formerly known as hospice in your care home – alongside other professionals including district nurses, GPs, the hospital specialist palliative care team and hospice doctors.

While the main base for the Wigan Borough Palliative and End-of-Life Care Learning Hub will be at Wigan and Leigh Hospice, additional training and education hubs are planned for locations around the borough.

The project has opened thanks to funding from the Healthier Wigan Partnership to ensure as many healthcare workers as possible have the training they need to care for patients at the end of their lives.

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