Our Hospice at Home team took on 920 new patients last year and they made 7,355 home visits.

St Luke's Hospice at Home Team is made up of specialist nurses, physiotherapists, social work assistants and an art therapist. They draw on the hospice's full range of professional and technical services to complement their own high level of expertise and provide home-based support to the patient and their family for the duration of the illness.

The specialist nurses liaise closely with community nurses, GPs and other members of the primary health care team. There is an advice and support service for patients and their families to allow patients to stay at home, if they prefer.

The Hospice at Home nurses contribute to training and education in Nursing Homes with link nurses in the community and Primary Care Trusts.

There is a 24-hour help-line, staffed by specialist nurses, for patients, their families and carers, GPs and other health professionals in the community, whose worries or concerns may surface at any time of day or night.