TOUCH AND GOA! Shirley’s Christmas Journey

Shirley’s repatriation journey We have learnt at the hospice that travelling ‘home’ when you are very ill often means going back to the country where you were born. This can be a really difficult practical task but so important. Shirley is just 36, with a husband and two delightful sons. She tragically has advanced cancer […]

A chance meeting

A chance meeting in 1972 between Dr Alistair Laing, Consultant Radiotherapist and Dr Eric Hughes of the National Society for Cancer Relief (NSCR, latterly Macmillan), resulted in a report confirming the need for specialist palliative care for people living with a terminal illness. The President of the NSCR, Sir Michael Sobell, was impressed by the […]

1977 – 3

With funding from the NHS, Sir Michael Sobell and the local community, enough funds were raised to build a specialist palliative care unit, and the Michael Sobell Hospice opened its doors ito its first patients.

1977 – 2

With funding from the NHS, Sir Michael Sobell and the local community, enough funds were raised to build a specialist palliative care unit, and the Michael Sobell Hospice opened its doors ito its first patients.

1977 – 1

With funding from the NHS, Sir Michael Sobell and the local community, enough funds were raised to build a specialist palliative care unit, and the Michael Sobell Hospice opened its doors ito its first patients.

A chance meeting 2

A chance meeting in 1972 between Dr Alistair Laing, Consultant Radiotherapist and Dr Eric Hughes of the National Society for Cancer Relief (NSCR, latterly Macmillan), resulted in a report confirming the need for specialist palliative care for people living with a terminal illness. The President of the NSCR, Sir Michael Sobell, was impressed by the […]