About Us
Willen Hospice Provides specialist care to adults in Milton Keynes, and the surrounding areas, who have life limiting illnesses. Services are provided within the Hospice itself, within our Day Hospice, or within a patient’s own home. We are a registered charity and care is provided at no cost to patients or their families.
We continue to provide care and treatment of the highest quality to an ever-increasing population. A service to the community where compassionate and skilled care for individual patients and their families remains central to our ethos and values.
Willen Hospice ended the last financial year with a shortfall of more than £400,000 in its budget. The Hospice is desperate that this situation is not to be repeated this financial year, as it does not want to compromise the quality of care that it is known and loved for. We only get a quarter of our funding from the NHS and need to raise over £2.7 million a year to provide our services. By milking every opportunity and gaining sponsorship our herd can really help to keep us strong and keep us here.
Your support is vital to ensure that we remain a part of your community.
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Services provided by Willen Hospice include:
- A 20 bed inpatient unit providing specialist nursing care and symptom management.
- Clinical Nurse Specialists who provide expert and skilled knowledge to support patients with life limiting illness in their own homes.
- Hospice at Home Nurses who are able to provide practical ‘hands on care’ to patients who choose to remain at home in the latter stages of their illness.
- A Day Hospice that is available to patients three days a week. It’s aim is to provide creative therapies for individuals who wish to partake in complementary therapies and art therapies.
- Lymphoedema clinic treating patients who have Lymphoedema
- A Family Support Service offering specialist support to children, young people and families of Hospice patients.
- Carers Support Group – meets weekly and offers carers support and an opportunity to share experiences in a supportive setting.
- A Befriending Service that has trained volunteers who can stay with patients at home for short periods to enable carers to go shopping, come to carers group or have time to themselves.
- A Bereavement Service with trained volunteers who offer support to families.
