Aims of the Hospice

St Cuthbert’s Hospice provides care and support for people with life limiting conditions, and to their relatives and carers.
Our aims are:

To support and help patients, their familes and carers with the provision and maintainance of care in their chosen location.
To provide a service that is flexible and responsive to need.
The assessment of pain and other symptoms, and advice on how best to control them.
To recognise and evaluate the psychological and spiritual aspects involved in care and to ensure provision of appropriate psycho-social and spiritual support for individuals and carers.
To provide palliative rehabilitation, both physical and emotional, in order to maximise quality of life.
To collaborate and liaise with other agencies in order to facilitate integrated care.
To provide high quality facilities for both day patients and in patients.
To provide a comprehensive lymphoedema service.
To provide an effective bereavement support service.
To play a major part in the provision of education in palliative care.
To be a resource for all health care professionals.