Pictured above: The new St Richard's Hospice Snowdrop
Community Care Centre in Worcester
National building contractor, Speller Metcalfe, officially
handed over the keys for the new St Richard's Hospice Snowdrop
Community Care Centre in Worcester having completed construction
crucial to increasing existing care options at the Hospice.
The new Snowdrop building will allow staff to support extra
patients and family members in the community. Plans include
expanding and developing group work and offering nurse-led clinics
and joint clinics with other specialists. The Family Support Team
plans increasing pre-death support for the growing number of
patients and families; more meetings and drop in sessions and an
increase in bereavement support.
A delighted James Speller, Business Development Manager for
Speller Metcalfe commented: "We are thrilled to have been involved
with this project. Building the new Annex for the Snowdrop Centre
now means that St Richard's Hospice will be able to increase its
community care service offering which is good news for all who rely
and continue to require their support."
The attractive new Annex at the Hospice site cost almost
£1 million to construct. St Richard's Hospice received
£600,000 towards the cost of the building from the
Government, whilst the remaining £374,000 was raised from
Trusts and grants, generous donations and from Hospice
reserves.
St Richard's Chief Executive Mark Jackson said: "It's fantastic
to see this lovely building which has grown so rapidly since the
first turf was turned in August last year. We took over the
building on schedule and opened for business on 4th April, this
will help us care for more people in the community. We are very
grateful to all those who donated to make this possible. We are
also very grateful to all the Speller Metcalfe staff for the very
sympathetic way that they built the Snowdrop Centre without any
interference or disruption to the ongoing care in the Hospice."
The St Richard's Nurse Specialists, Hospice at Home carers and
Family Support Teams will help more people and meet the increasing
demand for care across the community as identified in the NHS
Worcestershire End of Life Care Strategy.
St Richard's Hospice provides free specialist palliative care
for patients living with cancer and other life-threatening
illnesses and provide support for their families.