Hospice at Home West Cumbria

MISSION STATEMENT

To ensure that the people of West Cumbria receive the best possible palliative and end of life care.

AIMS 

• To enable adults whose illness is progressive and unlikely to be curable to be cared for at home and to die at home if that is their choice.
• To provide all the services traditionally found in a Hospice building to people in thier own homes and communities.
• To continue support into bereavement.
• To work collaboratively and in partnership with all local providers of end of life care including NHS Cumbria and North Cumbria Hospitals NHS Trust.
• To provide all services free of charge.
• To safeguard the financial health of the charity to ensure that it is able to provide the appropriate services into the future.
• To recruit suitable staff and volunteers and support them through training and education.