The North London Hospice (NLH) is a registered charity offering
hospice
Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by ...
care to patients with life-limiting and
terminal illness
Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, dementia or advanced he ...
es. It was founded in 1984 in response to the lack of
aftercare for patients being discharged from hospital in
north London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire.
The term ''nort ...
following the closure of
St. Columbus Hospital in 1981, which had been north London's only long-stay hospital. The north London Hospice was the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
's first
multi-faith hospice.
It provides its specialist palliative and end-of-life care to people within the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. This takes place at its Finchley in-patient unit, which was opened in 1992, it's Health & Wellbeing Centre in Winchmore Hill and the majority of care is provided to people at home.
North London Hospice welcomes people from all faiths and communities, and those of no faith. The hospice provides physical, emotional and spiritual care to more than 3,500 patients a year (2020/21) and supports their families, friends and carers.
It's multi-professional team consists of specially trained doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, counsellors and chaplains. Everyone working at North London Hospice is committed to ensuring that patients receive full support, enabling them to choose how and where they receive care.
As a charity, care is provided free at the point of use. North London Hospice receives some funding from the NHS to support its services, but the majority of its funding comes from donations from its community and from income produced by its 17 charity shops.
References
External links
*
Hospices in England
1984 establishments in England
Charities based in London
Health in the London Borough of Enfield
{{England-org-stub