Since opening our doors in 1987, St Wilfrid's Hospice has received over 10,000 referrals and we now average around 600 referrals per year.
The Hospice receives around 400 admissions per year and around 40% of patients are discharged home again.
Around 40% of the people we are involved with are never admitted to the in-patient unit, but are supported at home, at the Day Hospice and in hospital.
There are 220 or so patients under our care at any one time – in their homes, in nursing homes, in hospital or in the Hospice.
In 2011-12 our running costs will be £5.6 million, of which only 14% comes from the NHS. The balance comes from our extensive fundraising efforts and the extreme generosity of our supporters.
Some interesting facts...
It costs £15,517 a day to run St Wilfrid's Hospice and deliver our high quality specialist palliative and end of life care services.
It costs £5,572 a day to provide our Clinical Nurse Specialist service.
The daily cost of an inpatient bed is £398.
A visit by a Hopsice at Home nurse costs £169.
Our services are provided free of charge to anyone under our care.
Referrals are made by GPs or hospital consultants.
We are involved with two thirds of cancer deaths in the area.
Our inpatient unit has 14 bedrooms all with en-suite facilities.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist team makes over 3,000 home visits per year.
The Hospice at Home team makes over 2,000 home visits per year.
The Chaplaincy team makes over 1,300 patient visits per year.
