St Luke's Hospice - Harrow

St Luke's Hospice is an independent charity serving the multi-cultural/ethnic community of Harrow and Northern Brent. Unique in the area, we provide all our services free of charge to all and rely heavily on voluntary contributions from the community to ensure we remain open (we currently receive less than one third of our funding from the Government).

Since we opened the hospice at Kenton Grange in 2000, we have cared for over 1,500 patients within our inpatient and day care units. We have also provided advice and support for their families and carers.

Hospice care is based on the simple idea that a dying patient is a living person, with unique physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. St Luke's exists to support those needs as well as the needs of their families and carers. St Luke's is not an NHS Hospital, nor an exclusive private facility. Providing care free of charge, for rich or poor, young or old, regardless of faith or belief, in a compassionate and peaceful environment, it provides a high standard of skilled medical and nursing care.

To provide specialist palliative care free of charge to people with advanced, progressive illnesses, which addresses their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs thus enhancing their quality of life and supporting their families and carers.

Situated in the centre of the community it serves, the hospice plays a key part in the provision of palliative care locally. We acknowledge the crucial roles of the other healthcare, social and voluntary organisations in this provision, and will work in partnership with them in providing first rate care to our patients and the people close to them.

Specialist palliative care focuses on:

• the patient's quality of life, which includes good symptom control
• A whole person approach taking into account the patient's past
  life experiences and current needs- physical, psychological,
  emotional and spritual
• Both the patient and those family and friends who matter the
  most to that person
• Respect for patient autonomy, choice, where possible, over
  place of care and choice over treatment options
• Care focused on open and sensitive communication, which
  extends to patients, informal carers and professional colleagues

Every year, we need to raise over £2.6m in order to keep the hospice in business and with less than a third of that money coming from the Government, we have a lot of work to do.

There are so many ways in which our community helps us to raise the money we need and every year new ideas, new trusts, new events, new companies, and new volunteers help us to achieve our goals.

Every gift that we receive, both large and small, be it financial or in kind, allows our patients and their families to get the support they need at a very difficult time in their lives. Every penny you give really does count.

We hope this section of the site will give you plenty of ideas but if you would like to contact us, we would love to hear from you…you really can make a huge difference.

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