Palliative care

Palliative care is the care of patients whose disease is advancing and not curable. The aim is to achieve the best possible quality of life by managing the effects of the disease.

The St John’s Hospice offer a range of specialist services to patients with life-limiting conditions and their families. St John’s Hospice offer the following services:

• information and support centre
• community palliative care
• counselling
• day therapy
• inpatient unit
• outpatient clinic
• spiritual and religious care

Information and support centre

St John’s information and support centre offers specialist palliative and end-of-life care, including inpatient care, community services, counselling, and cancer information and support.

Community palliative care

St John’s community palliative care provides expert advice and support to patients and their families or carers, both in their own home and at our outpatient clinic.

For additional information, please see the hospice community palliative care.

Counselling

St John’s counselling service supports individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families, offering high-quality, personalised care that addresses emotional, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. It aims to empower individuals and carers by providing tailored support.

For additional information, please see palliative counselling.

Day therapy

St John’s day therapy unit, located at St John’s Hospice, supports patients with life-limiting conditions by improving quality of life and managing symptoms. Through guided activities and connections with others, we help you achieve personal goals and enhance well-being.

For additional information, please see St John’s day therapy.

Inpatient unit

St John’s Hospice inpatient unit provides specialist palliative end of life care to adult patients and their families.

For additional information, please see St John’s Hospice inpatient unit information.

Outpatient clinic

St John’s outpatient clinic provides patients with a life-limiting illness the ability to see a palliative medicine consultant in the outpatient setting for complex symptom control.

Spiritual and religious care

The spiritual and religious care centre provides spiritual and religious care to everyone using the hospice’s services, whether on our wards, in the day therapy unit, or at home.

St John’s welcomes people of all beliefs and encourages individuals to express their spirituality or practice their religion in their own way.

Committed to holistic care, St John’s values what matters most to each person. We recognise that illness can raise emotional, mental, and spiritual questions, in addition to physical concerns. These may involve your health, life’s meaning, or worries about your loved ones.

If you’d like to see a chaplain, feel free to ask our staff to contact them or call directly:

• Phone Father Andy: 07804 312988
• Phone June Rutherford: 07393 266674

Alternatively, contact the wider team on the details below.

Contact the Spiritual and Religious Care team

Page last reviewed: November 29, 2024
Next review due: November 29, 2025