For Rhian, one of our learning disability nurses, no shift is ever the same which is due to the nature of the care and the varying conditions the children have. One of the things that makes working at Helen & Douglas House so special is that Rhian and the rest of...
A newly refurbished family flat at Helen & Douglas House, designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, was officially opened on Tuesday 21st May by Clare Periton, Chief Executive of Helen & Douglas House. The Garden Flat had not been updated since Helen House opened...
Following last year’s success of our first Jail & Bail event, we are bringing it back to Oxford but with a new twist. On Thursday 13th June Helen & Douglas House will be locking up Anneliese Dodds MP and 6 other ‘guilty’ (for entirely fictitious crimes,...
Mother’s Day can be a precious time to celebrate the relationship between mother and child. On the morning of Mother’s Day many children will be handing over hand-made gifts and cards; lovingly folded, painted and glued together. Some mums will be brought a cup...
Dr Emily Harrop, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care and Interim Medical Director at Helen & Douglas House who contributed to this paper, was asked to participate in a two-day working party of an international group of experts to talk about communicating with...
Meet Dr Emily, our Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care and Lead Doctor. A few years ago, she told us about her career in medicine and what influences her and inspires her at the hospice. ‘No two days are ever the same, however sad or difficult one day is, there...
Helen & Douglas House Trustees Elizabeth Drew and Lord Blair of Boughton (Ian) met with our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, at Clarence House on 14 February 2019. Elizabeth Drew stepped down as Chair of Trustees in March 2018 after more than 15 years of service to...
During 2018, Invesco raised a total of £184,000 for Helen & Douglas House. The money raised will pay for four nurses to look after terminally ill children across Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, parts of London,...
Meet Max Max, from Swindon, has been coming to Helen & Douglas House since 2014. Max was born in 2007 and has mitochondrial disorder, a condition which means he requires 24-hour care and support. He was previously diagnosed with end-stage renal failure but had a...
Mike tells us about being a dad to twin boys, Ben and Ollie. Both boys were born with a life-shortening condition and diagnosed, aged three and a half, with MPS – Sanfilippo 111A which is a metabolism disorder that delays development and causes significant...
