St Gemma’s Out-Patients, based at the Hospice, can give you extra support to manage your symptoms, gain more confidence at home and help maximise your quality of life at any stage of your illness.
For more information on our Out-Patients Service, call 0113 218 5294.
We offer a wide range of Out-Patient services to provide you with information and support that enables you make the most of your quality of life and self manage any symptoms you may be experiencing.
You can come along and enjoy the friendly and therapeutic environment; you can access creative therapy activities, massage and aromatherapy, grow plants in our glass house, and enjoy our beautiful gardens.
Our sessions can be booked without a referral, or you may be referred to one of our specialist information or assessment services.
Seated Exercise
A Physiotherapy led chair based exercise class for all levels and abilities. The class is fun, friendly and the exercises are easily adaptable to you. Each session lasts 1 hour, this includes: introductions, warm up, exercises, cool down and discussion.
Balance Group
A physiotherapy led class to help your balance, co-ordination and confidence to exercise.
Gym
Fun, friendly and relaxed gym sessions, aimed at all levels and ability
Movement to Music
Seated Zumba class – Fun and exercise to music
Singing for Breathlessness
Learn breathing and singing techniques designed to help manage breathlessness
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a self-help skill that can change the way we relate to our everyday experiences by learning to be more present. You will be guided through different meditations that you can practice at home and incorporate into your daily life and routine.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a sequence of slow flowing, continuous movements which relax, strengthen and energise the body while allowing the mind to rest, thus bringing about physical and mental wellbeing. Exercise will mainly be seated but can be advanced to standing for those that are comfortable.
Relaxation Chair
The ultimate relaxation session to help reduce stress.
Nails and Beauty
Enjoy a relaxing nail or beauty treatment to help you feel like yourself again.
Sound Bath
Sound Bath is a deeply relaxing experience using instruments such as a buffalo drum, singing bowls, gong, chimes and percussion to create soothing sound vibrations. These sounds help calm the mind, slow brainwave activity, and promote a sense of peace and restoration. Sessions end with gentle percussion to reawaken and ground you, ready to continue your day.
Holistic Therapy
Therapy tailored to your individual needs, which may include mindfulness and meditation, breathwork or spiritual practice.
Stop and Chatter
Come and join us for a cuppa. Opportunity to come and speak to staff and other patients. For 2 of the sessions in the week we have a PAT dog visiting
Quiz
A fun generalised quiz to test your brain cells, run by are excellent volunteer quiz masters Janet and David. Enjoy some tea/coffee and cake during the quiz.
Reading Rounds
Arts and crafts
Guided art or craft session, all materials supplied
Men’s Shed
We will be offering sessions covering woodworking / craft skills suitable for patients to use/improve the skills /capabilities to produce products they will enjoy creating.
Gardening Group
Practical gardening activity, inside if poor weather or in our beautiful gardens if the weather is fair. Activities will involve light exercise only and should be a manageable for all. The team will be on hand to provide expertise and assistance as required.
Bereavement Café
This is a space for people who have had similar experiences to meet and support each other in a relaxed atmosphere. Those attending the group will have a link with St Gemma’s with their family member or friend having been cared for by one of our services in the last 2 years.
Carer’s Café
An opportunity for carers to meet and share experiences. Group by referral only and facilitated by the Family Support Team.
Growing Around Grief
A structured group, for people who have been bereaved in the last year, is an opportunity to meet other people in a similar situation, to explore how we may experience grief, how we remember our important person and look to the future.
Are you experiencing symptoms of breathlessness, anxiety or fatigue? Join our virtual 6-week programme BREEZE (by referral)
Breathlessness, anxiety and fatigue are common problems for those living with a life-limiting illness. This virtual 6-week programme called the Breeze programme, aims to help equip you, whether you’re a patient, family member or carer, with the tools and understanding to manage these difficult symptoms.
We aim to improve the quality of your life, help you develop strategies, increase your confidence and help you put control back into your life. Each session will include self -management advice and wellbeing resources.
Session 1: Understanding breathlessness, breathing strategies, techniques and positioning, general management tips.
Session 2: Energy conservation and lifestyle management
Session 3: Anxiety management; understanding stress, anxiety and panic
Session 4: Relaxation and having a good night’s sleep
Session 5: Nutrition and managing a poor appetite; benefits of exercise
Session 6: Staying Active – how to utilise the session information to manage your symptoms.
To take part in the Breeze Group you can either ask your GP, your St Gemma’s Community Nurse Specialist (CNS), or if you are attending Out-Patients you can ask any of the nursing staff to refer you or contact the Out-Patients team. After we have received your referral we will contact you to arrange an assessment for the group.
After this we can arrange a start date with you; we can establish which session would be best for you to start depending on your priorities and symptoms.
To discuss any specific needs and for more information contact Out-Patients on 0113 218 5294.
St Gemma’s Carers’ Café provides support for those caring for someone with a life-limiting illness. The group offers a safe space to relax, meet others and seek advice.
I love my time in the art room at St Gemma’s Out-Patients. Patients dip in and out as much as they wish and I like that. It’s very social, chatting to other people about a common interest and finding out more about them. The staff help as much as you need or leave you to it, if that’s what you’d prefer. They know when you may need support or when to step back.
Art is now my main hobby, form of pain relief and therapy. I look forward to my visits so much and take a real pride in making things and bringing them home.
It is natural that you may not know what to expect from before visiting St Gemma’s Out-Patients and that you may have many questions. We have tried to answer the most frequent queries people tend to have. If we haven’t answered your question here, or you need further advice or support, please call us on 0113 218 5294.
St Gemma’s Out-Patients Service, based at the Hospice, can give you extra support to manage your symptoms, gain more confidence at home and help maximise your quality of life at any stage of your illness.
The service offers support to patients and their carers in a safe and welcoming environment, through a wide range of services such as out-patient clinics and group sessions.
We offer a number of different Out-Patient services, which are aimed at providing you with information and support you require to enable you to self-manage and make the most of your quality of life. Services are available for both patients and their carers. You can book onto one of our group sessions without a referral.
You can come along and enjoy the friendly and therapeutic environment; you can access fitness, creative or wellbeing therapy activities. Patients can attend an outpatient appointment with our Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Complementary therapists, Nurses or Doctors. Carer support groups and bereavement services are also available.
