For Professionals

Here you'll find everything needed to refer your patient to St David's Hospice Care.

Referral Information for GPs & Health Professionals

Referrals to St David’s Hospice Care can be made by submitting a referral form or by calling our team. Please see below for the relevant referral information for each of our services.

Patients with active, progressive and advanced disease are eligible for hospice services. This includes patients with both malignant disease and non-malignant diseases for example, cancer, heart disease, lung disease and neurological diseases.

Hospice services include Day Hospice, St David’s Hospice Care community team, In-Patient care and family support.

Contacting St David’s Hospice Care for referral advice

For advice Monday to Friday between 9.00am – 5.00pm please call us on 01633 851051

For advice out of hours please call us on 01633 973980

In-Patient Referrals

Patients at home are normally assessed by the St David’s Hospice Care community team. Patients in hospital who wish to be referred to the In-Patient Unit need to be assessed by the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team who then forward a referral.

Referrals are considered at a meeting held each weekday morning. Urgent referrals (i.e. requests for admission that day) for patients in their own homes are considered on an individual basis based on a variety of factors including patient needs and availability of beds.

Within St David’s Hospice Care In-Patient Unit, we have some nurse-led, end of life care beds. The beds offer the choice to patients whose wish is to die in a hospice and who do not have complex symptoms or specialist palliative care needs, but who require nursing care from highly-trained nurses and healthcare assistants.

In-Patient Referral Form

Please send referrals for in-patient services to: inpatientunit@stdavidshospicecare.org

Community Referrals

Referrals are responded to within 2 working days. However, if you consider a patient needs a more urgent assessment, please contact the team directly on 01633 851051. The St David’s Hospice Care community team service runs 7 days a week, 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Community Referral Form

Please send referrals for community services to: clinicalservicesteam@stdavidshospicecare.org