St. Luke’s Hospice is a registered charity whose mission is to provide the highest standards of individualised care for people with life limiting conditions, palliative and end of life care needs, as well as their families and carers.

We ensure equity of access for everyone in the communities we serve, providing high quality, expert, safe care, which is compassionate, holistic, inclusive and responsive at all times and in all care settings. Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers we ensure the individual’s quality of life is the best it can be and their wishes and preferences are respected.

Call our care team today to discuss how we can best support you on 01268 524 973 or on our OneResponse advice and support telephone line 01268 526 259 which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Ways we can help you and your loved ones.

Caring for you in your place of residence

We offer a range of specialist support across the communities we serve to enable patients and their families to be cared for in their place of residence, including providing advice and support to staff in care homes.

Counselling
Our Counselling team offers support to anyone living with a life limiting illness, from diagnosis through to end of life or into survivorship, and those who have experienced a bereavement. Support is available for adults and for children and young people.

Lymphoedema Support

Our In-Patient Units
We have purpose built in-patient units at both our Basildon and Thurrock Hospices, providing specialist palliative and multi-disciplinary holistic care from teams of clinical and medical specialists who work closely with other healthcare professionals. Care offered for people with life limiting illnesses includes end of life care and support, planned respite, complex discharge planning, pain management and symptom management. 

Outpatients Support
Offering convenient and accessible specialist key clinical procedures (such as infusions, intravenous fluids, etc.) and palliative care in a relaxed environment to meet our patient’s wellbeing and lifestyle needs.

Specialist Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy support is available to people living with life limiting illnesses to help them to cope with symptoms and be as independent and mobile as possible. Support is also available for carers and families to help them in their caring role.

Wellbeing
Our person-led supportive care services offer access to a range of holistic care, supporting patients in designing their own unique and flexible care programme, that aim to address their needs and enhance their psychological, emotional and social wellbeing. Wellbeing support is also provided to patients families and their carers. Care services offered can include complementary therapies; wig bank; therapeutic interventions; creative therapies and group sessions which are tailored for patients and their carers.

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Call our care team today to discuss how we can best support you on 01268 524 973 or on our OneResponse advice and support telephone line 01268 526 259 which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.