We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. From this week we will be holding monthly online remembrance services in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. Lynsey Lawson( Clinical Lead) explains a little more …
Cumbria Community Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund This week, a further £142,293 was awarded from the Fund to projects helping families on low incomes, homeless people, isolated older people and many more get through the coronavirus crisis. St Mary’s Hospice Ulverston has received an award of £10,000 to help support the adaptation and enhancement of services …
NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the local South West Lakes agency are delighted to have nominated local charity St Mary’s Hospice, to receive a donation of more than £3000 from a national £1m ‘Agency Giving Fund’ launched by NFU Mutual’s Head Office. In light of the national emergency this country is facing, NFU …
Val Stangoe, CEO of St Mary’s Hospice and staff nurse Nikki Fisher have pledged to Brave the Shave and lose all their hair in a bid to raise funds during the Covid-19 crisis. St Mary’s Hospice is frontline in the battle to protect the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic by easing pressure on Furness General …
St Mary’s Hospice is working hard to deliver its services with patients staying on the Inpatient Unit and those being cared for at their homes in the community. Effective Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is vital to help to protect patients, their families and St Mary’s nurses, doctors and health care assistants providing frontline care from …
This Sunday 26th April, I should have been on the start line of the London Marathon, running and raising money for St Mary’s Hospice. Unfortunately, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon, along with many other huge events across the UK, have been either cancelled or postponed until later on in the year. The …
It is not always possible for people to be cared for at home and St Mary’s inpatient beds are vital for patients who require more support for complex needs, want respite care or those individuals who wish their end of life care to be at the hospice. On Monday 13th April St Mary’s proudly re-opened …
Our Living Well Team would like to share some gentle tips for coping in isolation during this time. Please visit our website or follow us on social media for the latest updates and to keep in touch. Click here for the latest video from the team.
St Mary’s Hospice is really grateful to Cumbria County Council and Age UK Barrow for taking over management of the Hub in our Living Well Centre on Duke Street in Barrow. They will now be coordinating support to local residents who are self- isolating. This enables our staff who supported the hub to focus on …
St Mary’s In Patient Unit beds re-opening w/c 13th April! Brilliant news: we have been working with the other organisations in our locality, making decisions about the best use of resources in these next few weeks. St Mary’s will now be re-opening four of our In Patient Unit beds on Monday 13th April – hooray! …
