Night-time palliative nursing at home

SUE Ryder delivered 1,310 hours of night-time care thanks to a donation from a Henley charity.

The charity’s South Oxfordshire palliative care hub’s night service was launched last summer thanks to the contribution from the Antony (Tony) Lane Foundation.

The nurses on the night shift work between 10pm and 7am, caring for patients in their own homes.

This is on top of the daytime service the hub has been providing since Sue Ryder closed its Nettlebed hospice in 2020.

Sylvia Thomas, head of quality and clinical services at the hub in Preston Crowmarsh, said: “At a time when the cost of delivering our care is increasing, it is remarkable that we’re aiming to extend our service.

“We can only do this with the brilliant support of the Anthony (Tony) Lane Foundation, and I want them to know just how much their continued support means to us and the families we care for.”

Della Burnside, a trustee of the foundation, said: “Sue Ryder nurses are doing a fantastic job in providing palliative care for patients and essential respite for their families. We are very pleased that the foundation could play its part in this important initiative.”

The foundation was launched with a legacy left by Tony Lane when he died in 2016, aged 87.

The cobbler lived in Henley for most of his life and worked from a unit in Singers Lane before retiring.

He was a Conservative member of Henley Town Council between 1965 and 2002 and was mayor for a record four times between 1971 and 2002.