Hospice Services

What can Willow Burn Hospice offer

• Improved quality of life - please see Clinical Services
• High quality palliative care
• End of life care
• Respite care
• Day Hospice services
• Bereavement and Family Support
• Lymphoedema service
• Palliative Care Therapy service

Willow Burn Hospice treasures the lives of people whose illnesses are no longer curable, enabling them to achieve the best quality of life.  Our local hospice services provide a friendly and supportive environment in which everyone feels welcome.

Our aim is to control symptoms, relieve physical and emotional distress, embrace and support both the patient and their carers, whilst maintaining independence.  The usual period of admission is 7 to 14 days.  Although we do not provide any long term care, we will provide care, comfort and compassion at the end of life, if that is the wish.

All of Willow Burn Hospice services are delivered free of charge

Please click here to download the Willow Burn Hospice Statement of Purpose

Please click here to download Willow Burn Hospice's published Quality Accounts 2011 / 2012

What is Palliative Care?

Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced progressive disease which is not responsive to curative treatment. Management of pain and other symptoms and the provision of psychological, social and spiritual support is paramount. The goal of palliative care is achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families.

The Hospice Movement

The history of the modern hospice can be traced back to when Cicely Saunders founded St Christopher's Hospice in South London in 1967.  Hospice care is palliative care given to individuals who have a life limiting illness. It is multi professional in nature, providing the services of doctors, nurses, social workers, physical, speech or occupational therapists, clergy or other spiritual guides, health care assistants and volunteers.

End of life care

Willow Burn Hospice aims to support people approaching the end of their life to live as well as possible until they die. We promote patient choice in the delivery of end of life care services through the provision of both Inpatient care, Day Hospice and Home Therapy services.

Although traditionally focused on cancer, Willow Burn Hospice is increasingly offering services to people with other conditions e.g. Motor Neurone Disease, End Stage Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Testimonial - "The support you provide is priceless and I can only thank you for the quality of life provided to my late Mother and the support and advice offered to my Father, sister and to myself"

Andrew, Lanchester

We welcome your feedback

The views and opinions of those using our service are very important to us. Please help us to maintain our high standard of patient centred quality care and develop the services we offer by completing the

Patient Satisfaction Survey

Carer Satisfaction Survey

To find out more about the following services offered by Willow Burn Hospice, please read and download the Willow Burn Hospice Patient and Relative Information booklet

• Day Hospice services
• Lymphoedema service
• Berevement and Family Support
• Palliative Care Therapy service
• Complementary Therapies

For further advice or information regarding the services Willow Burn Hospice provide, please contact Janet Ridley, Deputy Chief Executive on jridley@willow-burn.co.uk