St Christopher's Hospice Registered Charity 210667
Facts and statistics
Facts and statistics
Founded by Dame Cicely Saunders in 1967 St Christopher's is widely recognised as the first modern hospice.
St Christopher's is a registered charity. It costs over £12 million each year to maintain our services. All our services to patients and families are free.
Just 28% of our income is from the NHS, we rely on the support of individuals, companies and trusts to maintain our services and continue to offer them free of charge to patients and families.
St Christopher's catchment are covers the London boroughs of Croydon, Bromley, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, 1.5 million people.
St Christopher's cares for over 2,000 each year. Last year (2007/08) we provided over 12,000 days of care on our wards and supported over 1,880 families in their own homes.
Last year (2007/08) our Day Unit supported around 1,500 patients through co-ordinated nursing, social, psychological and spiritual care.
Last year (2007/08) our expert multi-professional teams of doctors, nurses, social and welfare workers and other health professionals supported 530 patients in outpatient clinics.
St Christopher’s shares its skills and expertise by running training courses in nursing homes and working alongside doctors in Mayday and King’s College hospitals.
St Christopher's Candle Project works with the Metropolitan Police to help train police officers dealing with families after traumatic events such as murder, suicide and disasters, such as the tsunami.
St Christopher's is one of the largest providers of palliative care education in the world.
Last year (2007/08) 5,000 health and social care professionals attended our Education Centre courses and outreach pogrammes in GP practices, care homes and schools.
Through education and research St Christopher’s influence extends to all corners of the globe. The Hospice information service, www.helpthehospices.org.uk/hospiceinformation in partnership with Help the Hospices, the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK, is the UK and international resource on hospice and palliative care for all service providers, users and the public.
St Christopher’s is supported by a volunteer workforce of around 600 people giving their time, energy and skills to the hospice.
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