In our Hospice

Oakhaven Hospice can be found along Lower Pennington Lane, nestled within our beautiful gardens. Our individual patient rooms have ensuite facilities and open onto a patio area overlooking the grounds, that you and your visitors can enjoy while you are with us. Your meals will be prepared for you in our kitchens and each and every day there is a fabulous selection for you to choose from, we are happy to accommodate any dietary requirements that you may have.

Our hospice is not just a place where people come to die. Whilst some do spend their final days with us, we also offer pain relief and symptom management that helps to improve quality of life and enables people to be able to live as well as they can with their illness. Many patients spend a short time with us to enable us to improve their symptom control and are then discharged home again.

We want your stay with us to be of benefit to you, where possible we are happy for you to continue with your daily activities and fit in with your normal routines.

Once you have settled into your room, one of our doctors and nurses will visit you to assess your individual needs and talk through any concerns you may have. Your care will be provided by our team of highly trained nurses and support staff, who will care for you and your family during your time with us.

Yes, your family and friends are welcome to visit at any time, but our ward is locked after 6pm and we ask that you contact the staff prior to arrival after this time.

They are welcome to use our family room and the sitting room we have on the ward, or cross the garden to the Hub where there is a friendly volunteer to offer a cup of tea and a slice of cake, or pick up a sandwich or hot meal from the Oakhaven Eatery.

We welcome children to the hospice, they are welcome to explore the garden, visit our secret angel garden or use the toys available in the family room, we just ask that they are supervised while they are with us.

We also know how much your pets mean to you and we are happy for them to visit, over time this has included cats, dogs, guinea pigs and even horses. As with children, pets will need to be supervised at all times and with prior agreement of the nursing team.

Visitors are also able to stay overnight with prior arrangement with the nursing staff.