Facts and Figures

Last Year

• St Gemma’s Hospice received 1,313 new referrals for patient care
• We cared for 538 patients in the Hospice In-Patient Unit
• The St Gemma’s community team, of doctors and nurses, made 5,682 visits to patients in their own homes
• There were 998 attendances to St Gemma’s Day Services
• Around a third of patients admitted to St Gemma’s Hospice In-Patient Unit were discharged and the average length of stay was 13 days
• Our team of volunteers contributed over 124,000 hours across all areas, including bereavement support, gardening, fundraising and administration
• 26% of our income came from our grant from the NHS. The rest was raised by our brilliant and committed community of supporters
• We trained 535 healthcare professionals
• We had 571,619 customers to our chain of 24 charity shops.

Our people:

• St Gemma’s Hospice has around 263 employees. Of those, 160 employees directly support patient care (such as nursing and medical teams, social workers, housekeepers and therapists). The remainder work in non-patient areas, such as our charity shops, fundraising department and support teams such as finance and IT.
• St Gemma’s Hospice has a team of over 894 volunteers, working in a variety of roles supporting departments throughout the organisation.

It costs St Gemma’s…

• £2 to buy a patient information pack, giving practical advice to patients and carers.
• £5 to buy a selection of bulbs and seeds for our award winning gardens so our in-patients and their families can relax in a colourful and peaceful setting.
• £10 to provide a delicious 3 course meal for one of our In-Patients.
• £15 to help keep a patient mobile and independent by providing physiotherapy support.
• £30 to provide expert telephone advice and support to a patient at home.
• £50 per group session to provide support to a child experiencing a loved one’s illness and death.
• £75 to provide a complementary therapy session for a patient, or carer, which could include massage, aromatherapy or hypnotherapy.
• £100 to provide a specialist bereavement support session.
• £145 to provide an intravenous therapy to an Out-Patient.
• £250 for a St Gemma’s community team member to visit a patient in their own home and provide telephone and other support to them and their family.
• £325 for a patient to visit St Gemma’s Day Services.
• £450 per day to care for one In-Patient staying at the Hospice, covering everything from expert care, to meals and medicines.
• £750 to help fund a syringe driver, a battery operated pump that provides continuous, effective pain relief.
• £1,040 an hour to provide all our services.
• £6,500 on average to care for an individual patient referred to our services.
• £26,000 to run all St Gemma’s services for one day.