A HOSPICE in Ulverston has increased community services despite suspending their inpatient unit.
St Mary's Hospice in Ulverston has allocated more hours to boost its community care services.
Val Stangoe, St Mary’s Chief Executive said: "The number of people in our community who need access to palliative and end of life care continues to rise.
"So we can continue to meet these need we’ve added our St Mary’s Hospice inpatient staff nursing hours to our Hospice at Home team and been able to deliver even more care in the comfort of people’s homes, including additional night sitting and respite care.
"We’ve also delivered more Living Well activities at our Living Well Centre on Duke Street in Barrow."
Throughout September and October, St Mary’s provided hundreds of free expert services including: 105 night sits for 31 patients and family carers, 76 hours of day respite care for 12 patients/family carers, 465 care visits to patients for end of life care and more.
Interviews for the specialist doctor role at the inpatient unit are set for the end of November.
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