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| Eileen Aspinall |
 Trained as a nurse, Eileen Aspinall's decision to go into hospice work was largely the result of her dissatisfaction with
the health service which she felt did not give patients the care they deserved. However, it was the death of one of her friends
at the Hospice itself that led her to write to St Gemma's to see if there were any jobs available. In 1986 she left the local
hospital where she was working as a nurse and took up a post as staff nurse at the Hospice. She then became a ward manager
before taking up the newly created post of Specialist Practitioner in Palliative Care in November 1999. Eileen talks about
her various roles in the Hospice and the changing way in which patients have been cared for. She also discusses the main problems
and changes that have taken place and the role of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion in St Gemma's.
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| Interview conducted by Clare Humphreys, 12 July 2000 |
| Interview Duration: 38 minutes |
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