At Prospect Hospice, we provide outstanding, personalised and compassionate care for everyone in Swindon, Marlborough and the surrounding areas affected by a life-limiting illness, completely free of charge. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a dedicated, non-hospital, end-of-life care service for patients and their loved ones - around the clock, every day of the year. Our mission is to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – whether at the hospice or in their own home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
Our café sits at the heart of our hospice in Wroughton and serves a range of delicious home cooked meals to suit all tastes. Whether you're looking to catch up with friends over lunch or relax with coffee and cake, our Heart of the Hospice café has you covered.
Whether shopping with us in person or online, or donating your pre-loved goods, we thank you for supporting us through our shops where you help to raise around £2million a year for Prospect Hospice.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and we're always looking for outstanding people to join our team at the hospice across all areas of the charity.
Prospect Hospice is the leading provider of education and training for end-of-life care in Swindon and north Wiltshire. Working closely with you, our colleagues within partner organisations, we want to ensure that the very best care is available to everyone facing the end of life. This is why we provide education and development opportunities, all of which aim to encourage learning and build confidence in end of life care and support.
We are a highly-skilled team of experienced nurses bringing our skills and knowledge into the homes of people living with life-limiting illnesses.
Offering reassurance during uncertain times, we’re here for patients and families to call upon for practical help and guidance.
Partnering with GPs, community nurses and other health care professionals – we offer the best possible care and support, to our community. We also work closely with patients to ease their pain and symptoms, and support families, friends and carers.
We’re happy to be our patients and families first point of contact, offering help, support and guidance.
There is a Prospect Clinical Nurse Specialist available for patients to speak with, seven days a week. We also have a team member available to help with any questions you may have about your illness or the illness of a family member.
A Prospect Clinical Specialist Nurse can help and advise on issues including:
A Prospect Clinical Nurse specialist will also:
The Prospect Clinical Nurse Specialist team are community based and offer care and support to people across Swindon and north east Wiltshire.
We also support people who live in care homes. Working alongside the care home staff to ensure residents receive the best possible care when they need it.
The work of our Prospect Clinical Nurse Specialists is only possible through the generous support of our community. If you’d like to support our Prospect Clinical Nurse Specialists with the vital service they provide across Swindon and north-east Wiltshire , please click the donate button on our home page.
If you are a patient, family member or from the local healthcare community, and you need fast expert advice, please call the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) team on 01793 816124 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).
If you need to talk to an expert outside these hours, call 01793 816109 to access our 24 hour advice line.
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