Who we are

Foyle Hospice provides ongoing palliative care services for patients with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses while supporting their families and loved ones across the Western Health and Social Trust area in Northern Ireland. Our commitment is to improve the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.

Together we care

Our Mission

To provide compassionate palliative care to individuals with a life limiting illness, their families and carers through high quality, specialist, holistic support.

Our Vision

Working in collaboration with our local community, we will strive for excellence and seek innovation in providing specilaist, multi-professional, palliative care to patients, their families and carers in the hospice and their own homes.

Our Objectives

Provide high quality palliative care

Continued delivery of core services
Maintaining and improving clinical governance structures
Service development as identified by frontline care staff

Stakeholder Involvement and Public Participation

To maintain and improve positive engagement with service users, their familes and friends
To grow, develop, support and manage our volunteer

Partnership Working

To establish and develop positive partnerships with other organisations to plan and deliver services

Education

To increase awareness and improve understanding of the needs of people with life limiting conditions across the wider community
To identify suitable training and learning opportunties, encourage participation and faciliate team excellence thorugha programme of ongoing development and supporting enrichment, resilience and self care for all our staff and volunteers

Resources

To make the most effective and efficient use of resources including;
Financial planning and management
Income generation
Marketing, communications and public relations
Human Resources
Built environment

How we are Funded

It costs approximately £3.9 million per year to maintain our existing services. All of our services are free to patients and relatives.

We receive approximately 35% of our total annual running costs from the Health & Social Care Board. The funding gap means that we are heavily dependent on grant-awarding bodies, as well as the goodwill and generosity of the local community.

Local financial support comes primarily from many individuals, businesses and support groups, providing 65% of our annual running costs. The vital contribution from our 200+ volunteer community complementing the work of our staff guarantees that every patient and their family receive, free of charge, an exemplary specialist palliative care service.