Please take a moment to look through the downloadable pamphlets below, which aim to provide you with helpful, useful and important information about St Clare. We also have audio versions of the leaflets if you prefer to listen to them being read instead.
About the Hospice
A little more about your Hospice
At St Clare Hospice, our passion to provide the best specialist palliative care to improve the lives of those affected by terminal or life-limiting illnesses lies at the heart of all we do.
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Our care in the community
Find out more about the comprehensive community service St Clare provides for people in their own homes as well as nursing and residential homes, and community hospitals.
Hospice at Home
Our Hospice at Home team provides tailored care for people in the comfort of their own home – including residential homes.
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Hospice at Home – for professionals
Our Hospice at Home team provides tailored care for people in the comfort of their own home – including residential homes.
Day Therapy Services
Day Therapy at St Clare Hospice takes a truly holistic, rehabilitative approach to understanding each individual’s specific needs.
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Complementary Therapy
Finding a complementary therapist can be difficult. It is important when looking for a private therapist to know that they are properly qualified, insured, and fit to practice.
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Patient & Family Support Services
Our Patient and Family Support team will work with you holistically, considering your practical, emotional, spiritual and social needs, as well as offering support to your family and friends.
Children and Young People’s Bereavement Support
Grief can happen at any point in life, but for children and young people, who may be less well-equipped to cope with and manage the effects of grief, the need for support is even greater.
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Welcome to the IPU: A patient’s guide
This leaflet aims to answer some frequently asked questions about the Inpatient Unit and give you a brief insight into the services we offer which you may use during your stay.
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Day Therapy Groups
Neurological Group
Our Neurological Group is designed for people with progressive neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s and Motor Neurone Disease, and their carers.
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Breathlessness Group
Our Breathlessness Group is an opportunity for those struggling with breathlessness to learn management techniques, empowering people to control what can be a difficult and distressing symptom of their illness.
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Joint Hospital and Hospice Patient-led Clinic
Our specialist palliative care team run joint clinics with our local cancer nurse specialists at Princess Alexandra Hospital to offer people additional support between their hospital oncology appointments.
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Drop-In Groups
Café Clare
Our Café Clare group offers you the chance to meet others socially, in a relaxed and friendly environment, for coffee and cake.
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Physiotherapy Group
The aim of this weekly drop-in exercise group is to enable people to take part in a tailored exercise programme, led by a qualified physiotherapist.
Creative Group
A relaxing and enjoyable fortnightly drop-in group where people can learn new skills and find enjoyment through creative activities.
Useful Information
Welcome to St Clare: A visitor’s guide
If you are visiting us for the first time, we hope you will find the information in this leaflet useful. It has been put together by people who remember their first visit and now want to help you.
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Private Health Insurance
St Clare Hospice is proud that all the care we provide is free of charge. However, there may be a way you can help us to keep providing that care.
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Coping with Bereavement
In our everyday life, many of us do not have to deal with death and generally death is not talked about very much.
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Zero Tolerance Policy
We have a Zero Tolerance policy at St Clare Hospice.
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Bereavement Café
Our Bereavement Café service offers a safe space to meet and connect with others who have similar experiences to your own after the loss of someone close.
Guidance and support after someone dies
This booklet offers guidance and support in the days and weeks after someone close has died.
