The Palliative Care team have launched a Hearts in Their Hand initiative across the Trust to support patients who are at end of life.
Heart in Their Hands are a special silver keyring . It contains a pop-out heart in the middle which is placed in the hand of a patient at end of life. The remainder of the keyring is then passed on to loved one as a keepsake. The idea is that both patients and loved ones have a piece of the same heart, offering a special connection at that important time.

The Palliative Care Team started using them at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. They described how giving one piece to a patient and the other to relatives has been an “honour” and that loved ones have been extremely grateful, especially during the first wave of the pandemic when families may not have been able to see patients for a variety of reasons. The team has even sent the keyrings as far as Australia.

One relative commented that: “I feel that although I wasn’t there a piece of me was.”

The Palliative care team have received a number of donated
keyrings last year including from consultant Dr Rachel Parry and relatives of one of our patients.

WUTH Charity has approved a grant to support to purchase 250
silver hearts. 

Head of Fundraising Victoria Burrows said “Little things that mean a lot is often what we talk about to our donors and these keyrings area very special example of this. It is wonderful to see Charity funds supporting such a valuable project for our Palliative Care team, their patients and loved ones. We are also very grateful for the teams support to try and raise funds as a thank you to WUTH Charity.”

The Palliative Care Team is currently organising ‘Active
April’ to raise money for WUTH Charity so please show your support.

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