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Martlets Hospice is a hospice in Hove, England, established in 1997. [1] [2] It is a registered charity (no. 802145). The hospice provides end-of-life care to people in the Brighton and Hove area. The hospice is named after the mythical Sussex bird, a Martlet, which also appears in the Sussex crest.
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders (22 June 1918 – 14 July 2005) was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine, and opposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia.
The first hospice to open in the United Kingdom was the Trinity Hospice in Clapham south London in 1891, on the initiative of the Hoare banking family. [54] More than half a century later, a hospice movement developed after Dame Cicely Saunders opened St Christopher's Hospice in 1967, widely considered the first modern hospice.
The first Conservation area (United Kingdom) was designated, in Stamford, Lincolnshire. St Christopher's Hospice, the world's first purpose-built secular hospice specialising in palliative care of the terminally ill, was established in South London by Cicely Saunders with the support of Albertine Winner. [39]
St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in south London, England, established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy. [ 1 ] Legacy
Thanks to generous donations from Sir Michael Sobell, the NSCR (currently Macmillan Cancer Support) and the people of Oxfordshire, the Friends of Sobell House had raised £300,000.00 by 1979 allowing the first hospice to be built and handed over to the public. The current hospice is very different from the building handed over in 1979, the ...
Royal Trinity Hospice is the oldest hospice in the United Kingdom; it was founded in 1891 by a member of the Hoare banking family. It is located in Clapham Common, London, England, and provides specialist palliative care. In 2019, Royal Trinity Hospice was rated "Outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission, the highest rating that can be ...
Demelza Hospice Care for Children, more commonly referred to as simply Demelza, is a children's hospice and a registered charity (no. 1039561) based in Kent, England, delivering clinical care and emotional support to babies, children and young people facing serious or life-limiting conditions, throughout Kent, South-East London and East Sussex.