Health Charities That specialise in Palliative care

To enhance, through specialist palliative care and education, the quality of life of patients and those important to them,suffering from cancer or other life-threatening illness.

St Wilfrid's Hospice provides and promotes high quality specialist palliative care. The charity operates a 14 bed inpatient unit, and a community team (including a rapid response service) caring for around 340 patients at any one time, a bereavement service, internal and external education provision, and support and advice to patients & staff in local hospitals.

St Catherine's maintains a hospice and provides specialist palliative care services to cater for the needs of patients and their carers. The Hospice benefits people from the areas of Chorley,Longridge,Preston and South Ribble.

St Leonard's Hospice's mission is to provide excellent care and support to those living with life-limiting illness and to the people they are about, to enrich their lives and to contribute to the ongoing development of end-of-life care.

To provide palliative care services throughout the unitary authorities of Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen, and within South and Mid Powys, to people with a life-threatening illness, their families and carers.

Providing excellence in care and promoting the best quality of life for people living with a life-limiting condition and their families. Meeting the end-of-life care needs of our local community through the provision of specialist services combined with support, education, partnership working and collaboration with others. Patients receive expert, dignified, compassionate and supportive care.

Naomi and Jacks is an independent charity offering expert palliative care for children and young adults at their purpose-built hospice and in the community. They support hundreds of families in central southern England, providing outstanding care, specialist short breaks and bereavement support.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care provides a range of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Saint Michael's Hospice, Just 'B' and Talking Spaces. These services provide a range of end-of-life care services including an In-Patient Unit, Wellbeing, Community and Specialist services; Bereavement Services for adults and children and Mental Health Support Services.

We provide specialist palliative care across Scarborough,Whitby,Ryedale, Bridlington and Driffield. This involves in-patients, out-patient clinics, wellbeing center, hospice at home, specialist palliative community and neurology nurses, lymphoedema, complementary therapy, bereavement support, out of hours support and education and training of other healthcare professionals.

The Charity's activities includeIn-care, day-care, therapies, home befriending service, lymphoedema clinic, benefits advice,counseling,education,research into palliative care thus improving servicesAlsoDevelopment of a model for dementia care for the end of life,development of an infrastructure for palliative care research,development of a model of a Public Health/end of life approach.

Prospect Hospice provides dedicated end of life care in the Swindon and Wiltshire areas. It supports patients in the purpose-built Hospice, and in people's own homes. All care is provided free of charge and is offered in partnership with community and hospital services.

British Home provides specialist nursing care and rehabilitation to people living with neuro-disability. This includes both short and long-term rehabilitation, respite care and palliative care for those with degenerative illness.

To provide specialist palliative care to patients and their families and carers within our catchment area. This is provided via an In-patient and Day Care facility, and also through education and research to improve services.

To provide hospice care and support for children and young people with palliative care needs including support for the whole family. This includes; specialist respite including symptom management, hospice at home, end of life care and bereavement support after death. This care and support is provided in partnership with individual children's local health, social and education professionals.

St Andrew's Hospice provides specialist palliative care for people of all ages who have a progressive life limiting illness and also provides support and advice for their families and friends. We provide care for adults living in North East Lincolnshire and for children living in N E Lincolnshire, N Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding.

Provision of the highest level of symptom management and care for people who have advanced active, progressive and life threatening illness., through the provision of a Specialist Palliative Care Team. The Hospice endorses a holistic approach in promoting quality of life for patients as well as providing the continuing support that is offered to families and carers.

The Charity provides specialist palliative care services to enhance the quality of life of individuals living with a life threatening, incurable illness. Advice and support is also offered to carers during the illness of the patient and in bereavement. The Charity aims to provide evidence based palliative care education both in house and through out reach educational programmes.

St Michael's Hospice was established to meet the needs of persons of either sex (without regard to race or creed) with active, progressive and advanced illness, by the provision of specialist palliative care. To promote the highest quality of life for patients with continued support for their families and carers and to ensure that sufficient resources are always available for this purpose.

To provide the best in palliative care by providing an appropriate and comfortable environment, well trained and sensitive staff to address the needs of patients and those around them. We work closely with colleagues in the primary care and hospital settings. Innovative practice is important to the hospice and we look forward to developing End of Life programmes to embrace a range of diseases.

To deliver the highest quality specialist palliative care through 12 bed In-patient Unit, Day Hospice, Out-Patient Clinics, Bereavement and Social Workers and Clinical Nurse Specialists in the community.

St Rocco's Hospice aims to provide quality care and support for those people and their loved ones with life limiting disease who live in the Warrington area to enable each person to find comfort, hope, strength and peace. We provide Specialist in-patient palliative care, day unit therapies and Outpatient services and Family Support, and offer general Hospice at Home care.

"To provide Specialist Palliative Care and relief of complex symptoms with a regard to physical, social, psychological and spiritual aspects of patient / family care, thus enabling them to return home or to another care environment."

Francis House Family Trust exists to manage & fund Francis House & Francis Lodge Children & Young Peoples Hospice. Providing respite & end of life care for children & young people with life limiting conditions, and the necessary support and short term care for their families. Care is available to families regardless of cultural or religious backgrounds. Care is family and child /young person led.

Provide specialist palliative care free of charge to adults with a serious and life limiting illness. To promote the practice of palliative care by example and by teaching and training.

We provide palliative care for the people of Burnley & Pendle (and Rossendale for inpatient facilities) suffering from cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. We also provide support for their relatives and carers. We do this primarily with our 10 bed inpatient unit, our day service and outpatient facility and our Hospice at Home team who look after patients in their own homes.