WHEN Paul Taylor, 51, was receiving palliative care treatment at home after his brain tumour became terminal, he didn’t think it would be possible to go watch Peter Kay Live, a show he was desperate to see. However, after Paul and his wife Emma Taylor told their Hospice at Home team who were caring for Paul about the tickets they had previously purchased, health care support worker Emma Williams and team leader Karen Parry, from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, contacted the Welsh Ambulance Service’s ‘Wish’ team to see if they could help. The Welsh Ambulance ‘Wish’ Service is an award-winning service made up of volunteers, who enable patients at the end of life to experience a meaningful last journey.
Emma, from Holywell, said: “We didn’t think there would be any possibility to go to the show as Paul was bed bound at home, but he kept saying he was going because he was so determined. “When we mentioned it to the Hospice at Home team, they were really positive and said let’s try make it happen. “We had just over a week before the show and two ambulance crew members Cara Lyons and Leah Reading volunteered to get us there and back.
Without them we would never have been able to go. “They did a recce of AO Arena in Manchester to make sure it was safe, and the Hospice at Home Team came the morning of the event to help Paul get ready to go into the ambulance. “We were so lucky.
Josh the Event Manager at the AO Arena was unbelievably supportive and h.