St Giles Hospice
Charity 509014
Overview
Summary
St Giles Hospice appears to operate as more than a specialist end-of-life care provider: its role spans direct clinical support, practical advice, rehabilitation, bereavement and education. The available evidence suggests a model that treats terminal illness, dying and loss as community concerns as well as healthcare needs. Its broad charitable remit gives it flexibility, while its stated focus on helping communities support one another may make relationship-building and capability-sharing as important to its role as individual service delivery.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Roughley
Confidence: low
Direct evidence confirms that St Giles Hospice currently operates a Sutton Coldfield site, where it runs wellbeing groups and bereavement support. However, the supplied evidence does not directly confirm that this site is within Sutton Roughley ward.
- St Giles Hospice, Contact us. ([stgileshospice.com](https://www.stgileshospice.com/about-us/contact-us/?utm_source=openai))
Lists St Giles Hospice’s Sutton Coldfield site as a current contact location. - St Giles Hospice, Wellbeing support. ([stgileshospice.com](https://www.stgileshospice.com/wellbeing-support/?utm_source=openai))
States that its support groups are available at its Sutton Coldfield site, demonstrating current service delivery there. - St Giles Hospice, Bereavement support. ([stgileshospice.com](https://www.stgileshospice.com/how-we-can-help/bereavement-support/?utm_source=openai))
Lists a weekly Bereavement Help Point at St Giles Hospice’s Sutton Coldfield site.
Remaining uncertainties
- St Giles Hospice’s current strategy identifies its care geography as Staffordshire, North Birmingham and surrounding areas, but does not define the North Birmingham boundary or identify Birmingham wards in which home-based and community services are delivered.
- The available evidence supports a current physical and service-delivery site in Sutton Coldfield, but does not evidence comparable fixed sites or recurring delivery locations elsewhere in Birmingham.
- The hospice delivers most care in the community, including at patients’ homes, but no current ward-level caseload, referral or visit-location data is publicly available; beneficiaries should therefore not be used to infer additional operational wards.
- The available evidence shows clinical coordination with GPs, district nurses and hospital palliative-care teams, but does not identify Birmingham-specific partner arrangements that materially extend the hospice’s operational geography.
Additional evidence needed
- A current St Giles Hospice service-area map or commissioning specification showing the precise Birmingham localities covered by Hospice at Home, specialist palliative care and respite services.
- Current ward-level or locality-level data on home visits, referrals or active caseloads within Birmingham, suitably aggregated to protect patient privacy.
- Confirmation from an authoritative geographic source that the Sutton Coldfield site lies within Sutton Roughley ward.
- Current documentation of any formal Birmingham NHS, primary-care, hospital or community-sector partnerships and the geographies they cover.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A whole-community approach to end of life
The organisation appears to frame terminal illness, death, dying and loss as issues affecting families and communities, not only individual patients. Its role may therefore include strengthening informal support around people nearing the end of life.
Why it matters
This distinguishes St Giles Hospice from a narrowly clinical provider and suggests potential relationships with community groups, carers, schools and other organisations involved in grief, support and wellbeing.
Show evidence
“St Giles Hospice enables communities to support each other in living the best life they can to the very end.”
Source:Organisation“Its focus includes terminal illness, death, dying and loss.”
Source:Organisation
Care is designed as a connected pathway
The combination of inpatient care, community nursing, 24/7 advice, therapies, physiotherapy and bereavement support suggests an attempt to support people across changing needs rather than through a single service setting.
Why it matters
This indicates that the hospice may function as a coordinating presence across clinical, practical and emotional aspects of serious illness, creating opportunities for partnership with health and social care providers.
Show evidence
“Services include IPU, community nursing, 24/7 advice, therapies and clinics, bereavement support and physiotherapy.”
Source:Organisation“St Giles Hospice provides palliative care focused on what matters most to individuals, families and community.”
Source:Organisation
Education may extend its influence beyond direct care
Education is presented alongside clinical and support services, suggesting that St Giles Hospice may seek to build end-of-life care knowledge and confidence beyond its own staff and patients.
Why it matters
If education reaches external professionals or community members, the organisation could have a wider systems role: improving how other services recognise, discuss and respond to dying and bereavement.
Show evidence
“Services include education.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's purposes include education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which communities, locations and referral partners the hospice serves.
- Whether education is aimed at clinicians, carers, volunteers, the public or other organisations.
- How services are accessed and whether particular groups experience barriers to support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Service data showing beneficiaries, locations, referral pathways and unmet need.
- Information on education audiences, partnership arrangements and outcomes.
- Evidence of community involvement in service design and bereavement support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
St Giles Hospice provides excellent palliative care and enables our communities to support each other in living the best life they can to the very end, focusing on what matters most to individuals, families and our community on issues relating to terminal illness, death, dying and loss. Services: IPU, Community Nursing, 24/7 Advice, Therapies/Clinics, Education, Bereavement Support & Physiotherapy
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES.