Charitable hospices in Scotland provided care and support to over 20,000 people in 2017-18. The vast majority of people received hospice care in their own homes or in a community setting. Scottish hospices also played a significant role in supporting other health and care providers to deliver palliative and end of life care across a wide range of care settings.
Charitable hospice care is an integral part of health and care provision in Scotland. It represents a wide range of local, community-based palliative and end of life care for people with terminal and life-shortening conditions, their families and carers. Hospices in Scotland are operating in a challenging environment.
They face increasing financial pressures, alongside growing demand for palliative and end of life care. The contribution of charitable hospices is recognised and valued by local communities across Scotland. To ensure it continues to be available for people across Scotland in the future, it must be supported by sustainable funding that enables services to meet the growing and changing needs of their populations.
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Published by Hospice UK in April 2020.
We are grateful to our member hospices in Scotland for their support and provision of data, on which this report is based:
Accord Hospice
Ardgowan Hospice
Bethesda Hospice
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
Highland Hospice
Kilbryde Hospice
Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh
Marie Curie Hospice, Glasgow
Friends of Roxburghe House, Aberdeen
St Andrew’s Hospice
St Columba’s Hospice
St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
St Vincent’s Hospice
Strathcarron Hospice
The Ayrshire Hospice
The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
For more information about this work please contact the Policy, Advocacy and Clinical Programmes team at Hospice UK by emailing policy@hospiceuk.org.
