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Patient and clinical nurse specialist

About us

Phyllis Tuckwell is the only Hospice Care service for adult patients, and their families, living with cancer or another terminal illness (such as heart, lung or neurological disease) across the whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire.

Patient with complementary therapist

Our vision and mission

Vision

We want everyone to have the best possible experience at the end of life.

Mission

We will care compassionately for adults approaching the end of life, and their families and carers, and we will empower our local community, building skills in caring for people at the end of their lives. Because every day is precious.

Patient and doctor on In-Patient Unit

Our goals

Patient Care: to offer a choice and range of specialist services on our In-Patient Unit, at the Beacon Centre, in the home and community.

Financial Security: to secure sustainable income to allow us to continue to provide and develop our services to patients free at the point of delivery.

Staff and volunteer experience: to ensure we are a skilled and motivated team of staff and volunteers who take pride in working for Phyllis Tuckwell.

Centre of Excellence: to deliver best practice care, specialist training to healthcare professionals and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Environment: to provide a place that is welcoming, safe, secure and well-maintained.

Independence: to maintain our status as a self-governing and independent charity whilst working in partnership with others.

Our values

We care compassionately about the way we behave and treat each other: our team and the people and communities we care for.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They are who we are, the essence of our culture and inspiration for our behaviour.

Compassionate

We are caring and supportive, treating everyone with kindness, dignity and respect.

Inclusive

We welcome everyone's individuality, and work ethically, through collaborative partnerships with others.

Dynamic

We are bold, brave and courageous, embracing challenge and focusing on what matters to the people we care for.

Accountable

We use our resources and time wisely and strive for excellence in all we do.

Our ongoing impact

Some key facts and figures about the care we provide to patients, carers and families across our catchment area of the whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire.

2,000

Community patients per year

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300

Inpatients per year

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600

Living Well service patients per year

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£25,000

How much we need to raise every day

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"The nice thing is that I’m the patient, but Phyllis Tuckwell has taken Geoff into the fold as well."

Val and Geoff
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Please help us

All our services are free, but this is only possible due to the generosity of our amazing community. The Government/NHS only provide 25% of our costs, so we need to raise over £25,000 every day to provide our vital services.

Please donate what you can to help keep hospice care available to all those in our community who need us.

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