Meet Demelza’s Highly Specialist Pharmacist
Sian Gaze is a senior paediatric pharmacist at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and joined Demelza’s team in 2018, offering vital support one day each week to the Clinical Governance and Care Teams across our three sites.
An always-friendly and approachable addition to Demelza's team, Sian enjoys meeting families face-to-face to discuss medication regimens. However, as the pandemic has led more and more team members to working in a virtual environment, she has been running her pharmacy pre-admission clinics via the telephone and communicating with families via email. Through the evolution of electronic medication charts, Sian has been able to accurately transcribe each medication a child is taking, so that the chart can be printed and reviewed by nursing staff, alongside the child’s medications when they arrive for their stay.
As a key member of the Clinical Governance Team, Sian’s role includes reviewing medication procedures and making improvements. She is involved with developing and updating medication-related guidelines and policies, and delivers monthly training and education sessions to nurses and health care assistants, most recently via Zoom. This helps to keep the team up-to-date with any medication-related changes in practice, to ensure that children at Demelza receive the highest level of evidence-based care.
Away from Demelza, Sian works closely alongside paediatric palliative care colleagues at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and with other children’s hospices in London and the South East to ensure that best practice is shared across the network.
Sian shares, “Over the past three years, I have enjoyed getting to know the families at Demelza and the staff members, across all of the sites”.
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Demelza Hospice Care for Children pays tribute to Founder President, Derek Phillips
We are deeply saddened to learn that Derek Phillips, Demelza’s Founder President, has died aged 83.
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Volunteers Week 2024
Volunteers Week is here and it’s a time to say thank you - and celebrate the vital contribution that volunteers make at Demelza, and all across the country!
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Demelza Superdraw winner from York takes home £24,000!
Mrs S from York shares why she started playing the Demelza Lottery, and why it’s important to her to support Demelza.
Meet Team Demelza
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Meet Sharon Williams, our Clinical Governance Facilitator
Sharon Williams shares an insight into her early days, nursing at Demelza and what her role within the Governance Team involves now.
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Meet Michelle, our Clinical Governance Lead Nurse
Michelle has joined us as our Lead Nurse, her clinical expertise and experience make her perfect fit for the Clinical Governance team.
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Meet Gemma, our Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead
Gemma, Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead tells us a little bit about her role at Demelza and how she advocates for the needs of the children and families we support.