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grateful for advice on hospital discharge planning

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Hello everyone Susan here; just back in England from New Zealand; I would love any thoughts you may have; my 90 year old relative has been diagnosed with inoperable bladder cancer; but we are just awaiting the results of the biopsy and the MDT team meeting; I want to get the palliative  care team involved now before they discharge my relative but other relatives want to wait until the last minute; we have only been told verbally that it will be palliative care; I would love to get the palliative care involved asap so the relative gets the best care before being sent home from hospital; has anyone had experience of getting a referral to palliative care in England ? thank you so much Susan

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    Great advice below. My advice is that normally the hospital (or GP) will normally do a refferal to the palliative care team, there is no harm in asking then to do one. (It's always good to have a plan) They aren't just for end of life support they do a range. 

    Hopefully once you have the biopsy back, they will form a plan with you, link with a GP though as they can be great at getting pain management under control and link with district nurses etc. I hope she isn't in too much pain. 

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    Great advice below. My advice is that normally the hospital (or GP) will normally do a refferal to the palliative care team, there is no harm in asking then to do one. (It's always good to have a plan) They aren't just for end of life support they do a range. 

    Hopefully once you have the biopsy back, they will form a plan with you, link with a GP though as they can be great at getting pain management under control and link with district nurses etc. I hope she isn't in too much pain. 

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