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A Special Wedding

June 25th, 2020

On the 22nd of May 2020 St. John’s Hospice hosted a very special day. A day filled with love, friendship…

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Therapaws: bringing happiness to the Hospice with therapy dogs

June 8th, 2020

In Homer’s Odyssey, written 2800 years ago, Odysseus returns home from Troy after ten years away to find only one…

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Volunteering on Lockdown

June 1st, 2020

At St John’s Hospice, we are incredibly lucky to have an amazing team of volunteers who play a key role…

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Hospice IPU refurbishment: redesigning palliative care

May 19th, 2020

As part of the wide-ranging refurbishment of St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, St John’s Hospice inpatient unit (IPU) is…

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International Nurses Day – Celebrating Our Hospice Nurses

May 12th, 2020

The World Health Organisation has designated 2020 as The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. At a time when…

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St John’s Hospice Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

April 16th, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we are all having to make adjustments in our lives – and this…

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Ways To Help Our Hospice

April 9th, 2020

  Take Part In Our 5K In A Day Challenge To find out more simply click the link above. Make…

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Urgent smartphone appeal

April 7th, 2020

Help prevent loneliness and isolation among our patients by donating your unwanted smartphones to the Hospice. We help some of…

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The search for spiritual meaning during COVID-19

April 6th, 2020

St John and St Elizabeth Hospital is quite remarkable in having a beautiful 158-year-old Catholic chapel at its core –…

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