Consultants

Dr Gill Foster, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Medical Lead, has worked at Strathcarron Hospice since 1998. Gill originally trained as a GP then transferred her skills and experience to working in palliative care. She qualified as a Consultant in 2014. Gill has particular interests in education, communication training, renal palliative medicine, lymphoedema care and medicines management. She is a trained Project ECHO facilitator.

Anna is a Scottish Gaelic speaker who completed her undergraduate medical training at St Andrews and Keele Universities before undertaking post-graduate medical training. Anna went on to complete her specialist Palliative Medicine training in Oxford and joined our Consultant team in June 2021. Anna's interests include medical education, undertaking systematic reviews, virtual consultations and the use of medications to improve symptoms. Anna is married with 3 children and enjoys sewing, crochet and hiking in her spare time.

Dr Till Kroeber, Consultant in Palliative Medicine joined Strathcarron Hospice in 2011, prior to which he was a Consultant at Farleigh Hospice in mid-Essex and the mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in Chelmsford since 2006. Till provides palliative medical support to Forth Valley Royal Hospital as well as Strathcarron and he has special interest in acupuncture and electronic records.

Dr Sarah Miller has been employed as Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Strathcarron Hospice since 2014. Sarah joined us from Northern Ireland where she was a Consultant in Palliative Medicine in the Northern Health & Social Care Trust. Sarah has a particular interest in Community and Education.

Latest

EMF 2024
Gill's Sahara Trek

In memory of family and friends
Strathcarron in the BMJ

Education and training is a huge part of what we do as a Hospice. A process of continual learning, ensures our teams continue to be at the cutting edge of research and treatments across all areas of palliative and end of life care, for the benefit of patients. We have our own department of Education, Research and Practice Development who underpin one of the pillars of palliative care; to provide education for others. Strathcarron Hospice is passionate about supporting this vision.
Glasgow 10km

Doing Glasgow 10km and choice starthcarron hospice to fundraiser for

Director of Operations

Billy Andrew is our Director of Operations and Company Secretary.
Director of Nursing

Marjory Mackay is our Director of Nursing
Chief Executive

Irene McKie, our Chief Executive, is responsible for the day to day running of Strathcarron Hospice.

Falkirk Furniture Shop
Our shops

Strathcarron Hospice charity shops are located around Forth Valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.
Donate furniture and other items

We take pride in our Hospice Shops, which offer a wide range of new and quality used goods, furniture and electrical items, to help us raise vital funds for the Hospice
What we do

We want to help people to live with their illness and make the most of the time they have.
Volunteer for us

Our wonderfully enthusiastic volunteers donate their time in so many incredible ways – from volunteering in our shops, to managing our reception, to offering comfort and support to patients and their families.
Our In-Patient unit

When someone you care about is seriously ill, you want to know they’re getting the best possible care and treatment. We do too.
Stenhousemuir Shop
Consultants

We have four Consultants in Palliative Care Medicine
Bridge of Allan
Palliative Care Conference 2019

Palliative Care for Patients with Non-malignant Conditions (incorporating the Scottish National Training Programme for Palliative Medicine) This annual national conference provides an excellent opportunity to hear from experts in their field. We welcome all health care professionals with an interest in palliative care.