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 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.

Your family and friends are welcome to visit at any time and we are pleased to announce that restrictions due to Covid-19 have now been lifted. However we do ask that, on advice received from Public Health England, all visitors continue to follow the guidelines explained in more detail on the home-page under ‘visiting hours’.

When the weather allows, visitors are welcome to use the gardens or walk across to the Hub where there is a friendly volunteer to offer a cup of tea and a slice of cake. In all patient rooms there is also a menu offering a small selection of drinks and snacks, which a member of staff will gladly order for you.

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 (unfortunately the family room is unavailable to sit in due to infection-control, but a member of staff can bring some toys to you). We just ask that children 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 too. 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 by prior arrangement with the nursing staff.

If you have questions regarding any aspect of visiting, please ring the In-Patient Unit and our staff will help you with additional information.