Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre

Day Centre based at North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech, supporting people living with a life-limiting illness, providing Living Well servicestreatment and clinical days. 

Two patients laughing together whilst receiving treatments at the Day Treatment Centre
Treatment and infusions can be received in the Day Centre's lounge
Newly refurbished treatment room
One of the treatment rooms
Some of the team at the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre
Some of the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre team
A bed in one of the clinical rooms
One of the new treatment rooms
Man smiles whilst receiving treatment from nurse
Clinical treatments include blood transfusions
Man with his brightly coloured artwork
Living Well services includes creative and diversional therapies
The outside of the building with sign
Outside towards the entrance
Lounge area with chairs
Patient Lounge
A family of painted clay hedgehogs
Some of the patients' creations
Colourful thank you cards on edge of desk
Thank you's...
HRH Duchess of Gloucester yellow dress smiling in garden shaking hands nurse in background
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester opens our improved Treatment Centre and garden
two female nurses looking at each other one sitting down
Hospice at Home

Specialist care and support

Our multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified staff and dedicated volunteerprovide expert care, which is holistic and tailored to each person’s specific needs.

Services include Living Well, treatment and clinical days (including blood transfusions, oncology and symptom management), complementary and diversional therapies, and bereavement and support services.  

The Centre additionally supports patients and their families in their own homes through a Hospice at Home service and a community specialist palliative care service which ensures integrated care. The team also provides clinical advice and support to palliative patients on the adjacent Trafford Ward. 

Redevelopment and expansion 

Redevelopment and expansion works were undertaken at the Treatment Centre in 2019, to accommodate the increasing volume and changing needs of people who require our care. The Hudson Foundation were the primary donor for the internal works, with the Friends of Wisbech Hospital and the Robert Hall Trust contributing additional funds.  

Thanks to this extensive work we now have: space for private consultation, giving improved privacy and dignity; more treatment rooms with equipment to support patients with complex needsdedicated complementary therapy and diversional activity rooms; increased Hospice at Home services to improve end of life choicesadded rooms enabling us to support more patients and their families each day and a landscaped garden full of colour, creativity and flowers and plants to stimulate the senses.  

HRH Duchess of Gloucester and female nurses

You can read more about this and our official opening with HRH The Duchess of Gloucester HERE  

 

Creative Therapies

As well as accessing our specialist team who can help with symptom management and control, spiritual support and providing relaxing therapies, our Life Celebration Coordinator guides provides creative therapy sessions allowing patients to discover a new talent or enjoy a long-forgotten hobby.

We created ’51 Questions’ to help spark memories and conversations between patients and their family or friends, these can be used at anytime.  

Virtual Living Well services 

Our Cambridge based site is now delivering both face to face and Virtual Living Well services. Where there is a need, we are able to refer patients into this scheme, although they will be supported by the team based in Cambridge for these sessions, rather than Wisbech. 

Patients will be invited to join via Zoom for a weekly programme of group sessions such as exercise, management of fatigue, anxiety or breathlessness, music therapy, relaxation and more.  

You can find a series of informative videos to support you and your family on our Living Well Services webpage (scroll to the bottom of the page to access the videos). 

Bereavement Support

Bereavement support is available to the family and friends of patients cared for by the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre, with both telephone and Zoom video calls in place, depending on what someone is most comfortable with. 

Thank you so very much for all your support and help during one of our hardest times. We now have the all clear and are looking to a bright future

December 2023

FAQ's

How many patients are cared for by the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre?  

403 people were cared for across the Treatment Centre’s full range of services between April 2022 and March 2023

The Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre is an Arthur Rank Hospice Charity service.

This means that whilst clinical care is delivered from the Centre at North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech, the service is supported by the business and administration framework of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. 

This includes aspects which are integral to the Centre’s every-day upkeep, such as facilities maintenance, finance management and administration, as well as volunteer, fundraising and communications support.  

The Treatment Centre is funded by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, with additional funding received Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn for services provided for their patients. 

We are extremely grateful to our local community for the dedication, commitment and generosity they show in helping raise the additional funds needed annually to fund its care.   

Our extensive redevelopment and expansion were generously funded by The Hudson Foundation, who were the primary donor for the internal works, with the Friends of Wisbech Hospital and the Robert Hall Trust contributing additional funds. 

Services delivered by the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre are available free of charge to patients living with an advanced serious illness or life-limiting condition, and their families, in North Cambridgeshire and the Fens. 

Referrals can come from any healthcare professional so long as the patient has provided consent.

Patients are also able to refer themselves to the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre and will be assessed to see whether they match the criteria required for care. For more information visit How and when to seek a referral.

For further information, please call the team on 01945 669620.

Thanks to the dedication, commitment and generosity of the local community and the hard work of our senior leadership team to secure vital contracts with the NHSall our services are free of charge.      

Please visit our webpage (click here) to find out more about how we are funded. 

Face to Face appointments – we can offer free face-to-face Will writing and legal advice appointments with local solicitors who have kindly offered a certain amount of appointments each month.

To book one of these appointments just contact Rachael, Future Gifts Manager on 01223 675881 or email r.brown@arhc.org.uk 

Michelle Knight

Michelle Knight, Matron

Michelle leads the team at the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre, ensuring they are well-supported at the Centre and whilst delivering care in people’s own homes. She delivers treatments and gives specialist guidance and advice, often being one of the first faces you see if visiting.  

If you would like to help support the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre, please contact our Community Partnership Officer, Toni Bird, on toni.bird@arhc.org.uk or give her a call on 07435 550995. 

Female outside Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre with raffle rickets

There are hundreds of different ways to join us in helping to raise funds and she would be delighted to hear from you!   

If you prefer to send a donation, please note that all cheques must be made payable to ‘Arthur Rank Hospice Charity’.  If you wish to restrict your donation to the ‘Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre’ please indicate this by writing on the back.)  

North Cambs Hospital, The Park, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3AB

01945 669620

How to find us, visit our contact page.

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