St Luke’s, Sheffield’s Hospice provide palliative and end of life care to nearly 1,800 people across Sheffield each year, while also supporting their families and carers too.

They are there for people aged 18 and over from across the Sheffield region - at all stages, from the point of diagnosis with a terminal illness - be that end stage neurological, heart, kidney or lung conditions, cancer, HIV, dementia or other serious illness. They also partner with, and train other organisations, both within Sheffield and beyond, to share support and knowledge with others, for better end of life care for all.

Patient and Family Support Service

Their Patient and Family Support Service (previously Clifford House and Active Intervention Centre) are now running from their Ecclesall Road South site and Little Common Lane building.

St Luke’s care and support is tailored to each patient and their teams work together to help patients achieve their goals and wishes. As well as expert medical care and support, they are proud to deliver the non-clinical aspects of our care that help our patients manage their symptoms.

They offer a range of services including: physio and occupational therapy, wellbeing and creative therapies, social work and chaplaincy or spiritual support for all faiths and none. This could include relaxation and wellbeing techniques, tips on nutrition, routine and sleep as well as fun activities for all interests.

Activities include: Complementary Therapy, Pilates, Chair Pilates, Indoor Bowling, Indoor Kurling, Indoor Bowling, Chair Yoga, Knit and Knatter, Gupshup, Coffee Morning, Cookery DIY, Reiki, Tai Chi, Singing Group, Chair Dancing, Crafternoons, Art Club, Mindfulness, Quizzes and Board Games.

Families and friends play a valuable role in a patient’s care so they also provide dedicated support for loved ones too through social, spiritual and bereavement support.

The service supports:

• Patients aged 18+ across Sheffield, who have been diagnosed with a palliative condition for example Cancer, a Neurological condition, COPD, Heart Failure or HIV/Aids.
• People 18+ (except children accessing bereavement groups or accompanied by a parent).
• People who have had a recent bereavement of a relative, family member or close friend who was cared for by St Luke’s.
• People currently caring for a St Luke's patient or with a family member or close friend who is a St Luke's patient.

You can complete a self-referral form and get details of their latest activities on their website.

Email St Luke's: Patient and Family Support Service.

Or call: (0114) 235 7650.

St Luke’s Specialist Palliative Care Community team

St Luke’s Specialist Palliative Care Community team’s main aim is to support patients throughout their illness so that they have the best possible quality of life and relief from symptoms, often helping to avoid hospital admissions. St Luke’s Specialist Palliative Care Community team provide advice and support to patients and their families. This service operates between 9am and 5pm seven days a week.

85% of the people St Luke’s care for are supported by St Luke’s Community team in their own home or care home. Home is usually where we’re most comfortable, and closest to the people and things that matter to us, especially as we become unwell. So, it’s their mission to enable those who choose to, to stay in the place they love.

They support patients to have flexible choices about where they are looked after, including enabling some to die at home, if that is their wish. By working together with district nurses, GPs, social workers and other professionals and specialists, they deliver ’wrap around care’ to patients and, often, their families too.

St Luke’s have a core team of Clinical Nurse Specialists but you may also have a visit from their Assistant Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Wellbeing Practitioners, Social Workers, or Chaplains depending on your wishes and needs. They have a Consultant and Specialist Registrar in Palliative Care Medicine – and you may also meet Junior Doctors in the earlier stages of their training.

St Luke’s Community team are an experienced team who provide advice and support to patients with life-limiting conditions and their families in their own homes across Sheffield.

If you need to speak to one of the team, please call the Patient & Family helpline number on (0114) 235 7494.

St Luke’s In Patient Centre

St Luke’s In Patient Centre, is open 365 days a year, offering up to 20 patients, around the clock, tailored care. Over fifty years ago, St Luke’s opened as the first modern hospice in the UK outside of London. Today, their ln Patient Centre provides 24 hour specialist palliative care for around 300 patients each year – that’s around 5,000 days and nights of care.

Patients are often admitted for symptom control such as for pain or breathlessness, specialist palliative rehabilitation, or end of life care.

Patients can be referred to St Luke’s In Patient Centre by their St Luke’s Community nurse or doctor, the Patient and Family Support team, their own GP, their specialist care nurse, oncology consultant, or from one of the Sheffield Hospitals – such as the Royal Hallamshire hospital and the Northern General hospital.

Their multidisciplinary team of experienced specialist doctors, nurses, occupational- and physio-therapists specialise in symptom and pain management. Their combined support provides not only help to patients but also allows loved ones the time to step back from a carer’s role and spend precious time together.

They also have a dedicated in-house Catering team who can tailor their menus to suit individual patient needs, with all dietary requirements taken care of, prepared onsite with locally sourced ingredients.

In addition, they have a number of facilities that include a spa bath for patients, a physio gym, creative therapy room, and a garden room, as well as access to their grounds and gardens.

Bereavement services

St Luke’s provides support and counselling to carers, families and friends following the loss of a loved one who received care from any of St Luke’s services.

Grief is a natural consequence of loss, and people often manage their bereavement using their own resources and their usual social circle.

St Luke’s know that sometimes it’s useful to get support from elsewhere and that’s where their services can help. Their bereavement services operate Monday to Friday with a team of trained counsellors and trainee counselling volunteers and students.

Bereaved relatives are referred to the service from a number of our clinical teams – either from St Luke’s In Patient Centre, by a St Luke’s Community nurse or doctor, or from their Patient and Family Support Service – through social prescribing.

Bereaved relatives are now able to refer themselves to St Luke’s Bereavement service via their website.

You can visit our website for more advice: St Luke's Bereavement Service to find out more about how to refer.

The services St Luke’s provide are telephone counselling, one-to-one and face-to-face counselling sessions, or group counselling at their Ecclesall Road South site.

During this time, bereaved people can access St Luke’s Patient and Family Support Service and activities, for additional practical, wellbeing, spiritual and social support.