About Us

From our first year of operation, caring for six patients, St David’s Hospice Care has grown to become one of the UK’s largest provider of hospice at home care, now caring for over 3,200 patients and families every year, at a cost of over £9 million.

Bringing care home

In 1979, Heulwen Egerton, a nurse tutor at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital set up the ‘Gwent Hospice Project Group.’ The group was made up of like-minded individuals who were concerned at the lack of palliative care available to the people of Gwent.

From our first year of operation, caring for six patients, St. David’s Hospice Care has grown to become the UK’s largest provider of hospice at home care, caring for over 3,400 patients and families every year, at a cost over £9 million.

The need for St David’s Hospice Care’s services continues to increase year on year and last year more than 3,386 patients and families were cared for by St David’s, more than 30 per cent of whom had a non- cancer diagnosis.

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Our Mission

To provide and continue to develop a free and comprehensive palliative care service of excellence throughout Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and within South and Mid Powys for people, their families and carers facing a progressive life-limiting  illness which is no longer curable. This service recognises the need of the whole person and is given in co-operation with other agencies.

To provide an educational resource using the special expertise and skills of the Hospice.

Our History

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Bringing hospice care into your homes for over 40 years.

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2019 - Celebrating four decades of dignified, compassionate end-of-life care.

In 2019 we celebrated four decades of St David’s Hospice Care bringing dignified and compassionate end-of-life care into the community and your homes. 

Lots has changed in 40 years and we’ve faced many challenges as a charity, but we continue to make it possible for our patients to fulfil their wish of dying in their own homes, surrounded by the people they love.

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2017 - Our In-Patient Unit opens.

A place of peace and tranquillity, our beautiful state-of-the-art in-patient hospice was opened in June 2017. Here, we provide patients with one of our 15 beautifully furnished en suite bedrooms.

Patients and families alike can have complete peace of mind, thanks to symptom control and 24-hour end-of-life care delivered by our resident nurses completely free.

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1995 - Our Second Day Hospice Opens.

1995, we opened our second day hospice in Ystrad Mynach. This provided patients with treatment, companionship, a cooked lunch and entertainment, enabling them to live life to the fullest, even at the end.

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1984 - Our night nursing service is born.

In 1984, our night nursing service began, ensuring nursing care of patients throughout the night. This enabled family carers to rest and have a decent night’s sleep and for patients to receive dignified and compassionate care in the comfort of their own homes.

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1979 - St David’s is founded.

In 1979, Heulwen Egerton MBE, a nurse tutor at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital set up the ‘Gwent Hospice Project Group.’ The group was made up of like-minded individuals who were concerned at the lack of palliative care available to the people of Gwent.

From our first year of operation caring for 6 patients, we’ve grown to become the UK’s largest provider of hospice at home care, caring for over 3,200 patients and families every year, at a cost of over £7.9 million.

An elderly lady, smiling receiving help getting out of the car to visit our day hospice

All our care is provided free of charge.
However it costs £12,700 every single day to provide that care.

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