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Amount Raised: £6,007,413
Target: £12,000,000

Events & Challenges

Bublé Reborn

Location: Captains Club Date: 7 December 2023 Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Bublé Reborn Join us at the Captain's Club. Show only: £10. Dinner and show: from £38.00 per person. £10.00 goes to our charity. “Bublé Reborn” is a fabulous tribute to the smooth, crooner Michael Bublé. Bublé Reborn’s Adam, hits every note and captures Michael Bublé’s smooth tone. He has perfected the stage presence and Michael Bublé’s mannerisms accurately. Event Address: Wick Lane, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1HU More Information/Tickets: https://www.captainsclubhotel.com/ Share:

Recycle your Christmas tree

Location: Southbourne, Christchurch, Bransgore, Highcliffe, Walkford and New Milton Date: 8 November 2023 Time: 7:00 am to 5:00 pm Recycle your Christmas tree Get rid of your old Christmas tree! Support local charities! It’s a win - win! For as little as £10, Christchurch Round Table will collect your tree from your driveway after Christmas and take it away for recycling! This Christmas, 50% of all the money raised will go directly to Macmillan Caring Locally. The other 50% will be distributed to local causes in Christchurch. All you have to do is book a collection slot, then leave your...

Rotary Tree of Lights

Location: Immanuel Church Date: 15 December 2023 Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Rotary Tree of Lights 2023 Rotary Tree of Lights - Join us for an evening of entertainment and remember a loved one with a light on our tree. Doors open at 6.00pm This secular event will include the lighting of the Tree, Christmas music, plus of course traditional Christmas Carols and an update on Macmillan Caring Locally. Seasonal refreshments will be available at the end of the main event and all are encouraged to stop and chat. For more information and to sponsor a light on the...

Macmillan White Christmas Dip

Location: Boscombe Beach Date: 25 December 2023 Time: 9:45 am to 11:00 am Macmillan White Christmas Dip Join us for the UK's biggest charity Dip. We need you to charge into the sea in fancy dress with us on Christmas Day morning at 10:30am (registration from 9.45) and help us to raise £50,000 for Macmillan Caring Locally. Let's make 2023 another year to remember. Grab your family and friends and make the Macmillan White Christmas Dip your new tradition! For more information and to register for the Dip, use the link to our Dip web site below. Event Address: to...

Dog Sledding Challenge

Location: Sweden Date: 26 January 2024 Time: 8:00 am to 11:00 pm Dog Sledding Challenge Drive a team of huskies almost 200kms of beautiful, frozen landscape. Learn to manage and care for the dogs. A chance to witness the wonder of the Northern Lights. Set up campsites and muck in with the cooking. Stay near traditional Sami villages and learn about their culture. Take on a challenge that is completely different to everything else you can think of. A team of loyal huskies will lead you through the snow-covered forests and mountains of Swedish Lapland. Experience the silence of nature...

In The Press

List of pharmacies 

 Pharmacy name and address

Phone Number

100 hour pharmacy

 Locality

Asda Pharmacy

St Pauls Road, Bournemouth,BH8 8DL

01202 298900

Yes

Bournemouth East

Castle Lane Pharmacy
482 Castle Lane West Bournemouth, BH8 9UD

01202 772110

Yes

Bournemouth West

Ferndown Pharmacy
487 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9AG

01202 892666

Yes

East Dorset

Tesco Extra Pharmacy
Yarrow Road, Mannings Heath Poole, BH12 4NX

01202 457447 or 01202 367447

Yes

Parkstone

Asda Pharmacy
West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1JQ

01202 207000

Yes

Poole Central

Equipment – www.redcross.org.uk Is useful for wheelchairs and other equipment

Guide for people nearing end stage of life : https://intranet.rbch.nhs.uk/uploads/palliative/documents/What-to-Expect.pdf

Brief Drugs List for GPs

 

Pain/breathlessness:

Morphine sulphate 2.5-5mg SC PRN (10mg in 1ml injection)

(alternative if taking PO or eGFR<30 – Oxycodone 1 – 2.5mg SC PRN (10mg in 1ml injection))

[Please take background opioid into account when prescribing doses for anticipatories]

Anxiety/distress:

Midazolam 2.5-5mg SC PRN (10mg in 2ml injection)

Secretions:

Glycopyrronium 200mcg SC PRN (600mcg in 3ml injection)

(alternative for secretions: Hyoscine Butylbromide 20mg/ml injection)

Nausea :

Levomepromazine 6.25mg SC PRN (25mg in 1ml injection)

(alternative for nausea: Haloperidol 1.5mg SC PRN (5mg in 1ml injection)

Water for injection

Dexamethasone 3.3mg SC OD-BD (equivalent to 4mg PO) if risk of steroid withdrawal/Addisons during terminal phase.

Day/Time Example Timetable
Monday - AM

9am MMU Ward Hand over; 9:30am Tour of MMU

10m Consultant Ward Round, MMU

Monday - PM

12pm Ward Nurses - syringe driver administration (treatment room)

1:30 Nursing Handover – MMU (ward office)

MMU – Admission Assessment(s) with ward doctor

Tuesday - AM

9am Ward Hand over

9:20am Referrals Meeting on MMU

10am Community visiting with Specialist Nurse

Tuesday - PM

12:30 Journal Club – MMU (doctors office)

2pm Introduction to Patient and Family Support Team

3pm Introduction to Welfare and benefits Advisor

Wednesday - AM

9am Ward Hand over

9:20am Referrals Meeting on MMU

10am Consultant ward round - MMU

Wednesday - PM

2pm Doctor/Nurse Home Visit with Specialty Doctor

Thursday - AM

9:15am Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting on MMU

Thursday - PM

2pm Introduction to Palliative Rehabilitation with Physiotherapist

3pm Introduction to Complex Discharge Planning in terminal illness

Friday - AM

Hospital Palliative Care Team Ward Visits

Friday - PM

2pm Introduction to Personalised Care Plan for the Last Days of Life with End of Life Care Nurse

4pm Debrief / sign off