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Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes of Cornwall Hospice Care chat with guests about the many aspects of hospice care in Cornwall. This podcast began in January 2020 at what was the start of the anniversary of 40 years of hospice care in the county. Each episode features special guests from around our hospices, shops, fundraising teams, supporters and many more as we talk about things important to hospice care and how that is funded.Cornwall Hospice Care is a registered charity in the county of Co ...
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In this episode of the Cornwall Hospice Care podcast, our Two Choughs Gina and Tamsin meet in the great outdoors for a slightly different podcast. Our hosts meet with Chris Starnes , who is walking the whole 620 miles of the South West Coast Path, raising money for Cornwall Hospice Care and Stride. Tamsin joins Chris walking from Par to Fowey to ta…
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In this podcast episode for Dying Matters Week 2024, hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined by Cornwall Hospice Care Senior Nurse Claire Collings and Social Prescriber covering the North Coast of Cornwall, Sarah Webber. We also hear from Zoe Watson, who talks about her experiences of her Mum's stay with us and how it allowed her the time to have those di…
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In this episode about inclusivity and in particular how we improve awareness and therefore care for the LGBTQIA+ community, our hosts Tamsin and Gina are joined by Michael Thomas - Education Facilitator at Cornwall Hospice Care and George Kestell who experienced the care at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice when his partner Mark was admitted. Support the Show…
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Episode 22 - Bereavement versus Christmas
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In this episode, hosted by one of the Two Old Choughs Tamsin, she talks to our two bereavement counsellors, Ange Bunt and Marie Brooks along with Clare Bray from our Community Services team who also offer bereavement support initiatives. They discuss bereavement and offer their thoughts and ideas on dealing with grief and loss over Christmas and th…
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Episode 21 - Little memories are as important as big ones
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It's been a while we know, but our Cornwall Hospice Care podcast is back with a bang and a heartwarming story of one family's quest for adventure whilst keeping in mind those charities that helped them through tough times. Meet the amazing Daddow family from Portreath - Ben, Leanda, Liam (11) and Sophia (9) - who took on a Land's End to John O'Groa…
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In Episode 20 host Tamsin reflects on her recent trek to the Arctic Circle for a Husky Sledding Trek, including a recording made at the end of the trek with some of her fellow participants including those fundraising for Strathcarron Hospice and The Highland Hospice, both in Scotland. The Two Old Choughs are also joined by Oli Hoare, Head of Fundra…
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Episode 19 - Ask Questions It's How We Learn
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This episode our hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined by staff member Ally Hardman who explains her role overseeing the day to day running of our two hospices and explaining the different approach and ethos you will find in our hospices, compared to how acute hospitals approach care. Support the Show.By Cornwall Hospice Care
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Episode 18 - A Horse Whisperer for my Breast
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This time our hosts Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes are joined by Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner, Helen Treleaven and Lymphoedema patient, Sarah. We mark Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2022 with a chat with one of Cornwall Hospice Care's experts Helen highlighting how this debilitating condition can affect someone when not treated and the incredibl…
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This episode see's just Chough Tamsin go it alone, having an in depth chat with three members of our Community Services Team - Clare Bray, Lollie Brewer and Tracey Davey. They discuss the services that they currently offer including The Listening Ear Service, Support for Carers, the Facebook Virtual Friendship Cafe and lots more. A considerable par…
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Episode 16 - Throwing away the rule book....
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It's been a while since our last podcast, but hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas are back with a new episode and are joined by a plethora of guests from around our charity - all of whom contributed to our recent online report "Our Resilience and Revival". The report charts the story of what has been the toughest period in our 40-year history as t…
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Episode 15 of our podcast is all about celebrating the amazing contribution that our volunteers give and hearing about what they get back from giving their time. Regular Chough host Tamsin flies solo this time, but is joined by volunteers Pauline, Sue and Annette along with Frazer Hopkins, our Head of Retail. Listen to why they decided to volunteer…
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Released to coincide with Dying Matters Week 2021 this podcast episode features our hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas in conversation with Gwendoline Treseder, one of our Occupational Therapists at Cornwall Hospice Care, talking about Advance Care Planning. We plan for a birth in a very detailed way, and we should consider doing the same for whe…
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In this episode, which links in with the launch of the 2021 Open Gardens fundraising campaign, our hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas chat to "The Cornish Gardener" George Kestell. George is a well known gardener and garden expert in Cornwall and can often be heard giving advice and answering questions on the local BBC radio station. He is also a…
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Episode 12 - Someone who travels beside you.....
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Hosts Tamsin and Gina, both from Cornish charity, Cornwall Hospice Care invite you to listen in and join them for another podcast episode. This time, they are joined by Medical Director for Cornwall Hospice Care, Dr Deborah Stevens, who looks back on 27 years working for our charity and the changes she has seen in palliative care in that time. We a…
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Hosts Tamsin and Gina are joined for this podcast by our Patient & Family Support team of Ange Bunt and Marie Brooks to talk about what their roles involve and how they have the time to spend with patients and their loved ones at our hospices, coming to terms with terminal illness and bereavement. Support the Show.…
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Episode 10 - We have the time to help you make new memories...
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In another episode celebrating Hospice Care Week (5th - 11th October 2020), our theme for the week is "We have the time to...". Podcast hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined in this episode by Janet Barnie - Ward Clerk at our Mount Edgcumbe Hospice and, we think we can say, stalwart of the hospice movement in Cornwall. We take Janet back to the time whe…
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Episode 9 - We have the time to hold your hand...
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Podcast hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined this episode by Senior Staff Nurse Elaine Potter. Elaine is based at our St Julia's Hospice in Hayle and we're thrilled to have her join us for this podcast. We're celebrating Hospice Care Week (5th to 11th October 2020) and our theme is "We have the time to.....". Listen in to hear more about Elaine and her…
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Episode 8 - Precious treasures to see us through
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The Two Old Choughs - Tamsin and Gina - are joined in this episode by self-named "fledgling" chough and Interim Retail Manager for Cornwall Hospice Care - Frazer Hopkins. Frazer takes some time out of his very busy schedule to chat about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the charity's shops and retail operations as a whole. They also discuss h…
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Join the Two Old Choughs, Tamsin and Gina as they mark Volunteers Week 2020. They are joined by Adrian and Mike - both volunteers at our Mount Edgcumbe Hospice. We hear from them on how the pandemic has affected their volunteer work, what motivated them to volunteer for us and what continues to inspire them. And all suitably socially distanced! Sup…
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Hosts Tamsin and Gina pause their busy schedules to take stock and discuss the huge changes to all our lives since the Coronavirus pandemic began and the UK went into lock down. Find out from Gina how our hospices remain open 24/7 looking after patients and their loved ones throughout this challenging time and hear from Tamsin how her remote workin…
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Episode 5 - It's a marathon not a sprint....
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Join Cornwall Hospice Care's hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas as they get to grips with, of all subjects, marathon running! In this episode, they're joined by Jane Appleton, who has run the London Marathon for our Cornish Charity and is now inspiring others to do the same - whilst raising substantial amounts of money to help us continue to care…
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Join hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas of Cornwall Hospice Care who are joined in this episode by our two specialist Lymphoedema Practitioners, Helen and Chris. Find out what Lymphoedema is, how our team help our patients and hear about Lymphoedema Awareness Week which runs from 2nd to 8th March 2020 and most of all don't forget to Love your Lym…
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Hosts Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes are joined this Valentines Day by colleague Judy Lawton to talk about Judy's role this year as the Cornwall Hospice Care 40th Anniversary Project Coordinator. They'll be finding out more about some exciting events happening now and in the coming months to celebrate the 40 years of hospice care in Cornwall. You'l…
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Hosts Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes from Cornwall Hospice Care go right back to the beginnings of hospice care in Cornwall in the 1970's with the vision that Lady Mount Edgcumbe had to build a hospice in the county. Tamsin and Gina also hear from Barbara Rogers, who has volunteered for Cornwall Hospice Care for 45 years and still works in the Lisk…
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It's the first ever episode of our podcast from Cornwall Hospice Care featuring Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes. Today they muse over why they are jumping in to the world of podcasting, a bit about them both and their motivations and plans for future episodes. Support the Show.By Cornwall Hospice Care
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