Facts and Figures

Last Year in Numbers (2019/20)

• In total, St Gemma’s supported over 3,000 local people in the last year

• 1,355 local people were referred to St Gemma’s Hospice care for the first time

• The St Gemma’s community nurses and doctors made 5,036 visits to patients living at home or in a care home

• We cared for 511 patients in the Hospice In-Patient Unit

• 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

• There were 1,711 attendances to St Gemma’s Day Services, with increasing numbers of people accessing the new range of clinics and sessions

• We trained 720 external healthcare professionals and had 173 student placements, supporting them to deliver the best possible care in the future

• Our team of volunteers contributed around 130,000 hours across all areas, including bereavement support, gardening, fundraising and administration

• 28% of our income came from our core grant from the NHS. The rest was raised by our brilliant and committed community of supporters

• We had 606,000 customers to our chain of 24 charity shops and 1.17 million items were sold in the year

• 60 people made a final gift by remembering St Gemma’s Hospice in their Will.

Our people:

• St Gemma’s Hospice has approximately 270 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, income generation department and support teams such as finance and IT.

• St Gemma’s Hospice has a team of approximately 986 volunteers,
  working in a variety of roles supporting departments throughout the
  organisation.

Donations make a real difference and could pay for the following…

• £2 could buy a patient information pack, giving practical advice to patients and carers

• £5 could provide a memory box for a bereaved child. They can store sentimental trinkets inside to help them cope with their loss

• £10 provides a delicious 3-course meal for one of our In-Patients, freshly cooked by our chefs

• £30 provides expert telephone advice and support to a patient at home

• £50 provides support to a child experiencing a loved one’s illness and death via group sessions

• £75 provides a complementary therapy session for a patient, or carer, which could include massage, aromatherapy or hypnotherapy to relieve stress and anxiety

• £100 could provide a specialist bereavement support session for someone struggling to cope with the loss of a loved one

• £150 helps keep a patient mobile and independent by providing physiotherapy support

• £250 for a St Gemma’s community team member to visit a patient in their own home and provide clinical advice and support

• £325 pays for a patient to benefit from St Gemma’s Day Services. This may include a consultation with a doctor, a session with a therapist or some help managing difficult symptoms

• £500 per day funds care for one In-Patient staying at the Hospice, covering everything from expert care, to pain relief and meals

• £750 will help fund a syringe driver, a battery operated pump that provides continuous, effective pain relief. This reduces the number of injections or medicines that the patient needs

• £1,040 covers the cost of providing all our services for an hour

• £3,000 could buy a specialist bed to give a patient as much comfort and support as possible

• £6,500 is the cost, on average, of caring for an individual patient referred to our services

• £12,000 is the cost of running our family support team for a month – offering practical and emotional support to people through the most difficult time in their lives

• £20,000 needs to be raised every day to run all St Gemma’s services and activities.