On Sunday 09 July 2017 from 10:00 till 15:00 Woking & Sam Beare Hospices hosted a special event to both celebrate the care the charity has delivered but also to say farewell to their original Woking Hospice building at Hill View Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7HW.
Over the last 21 years, our wonderful team of dedicated staff and volunteers have delivered specialist palliative care to thousands of in-patients and day-patients. They therefore wanted to recognise these years’ of care but also offer staff, volunteers and the local community the opportunity to visit Woking Hospice before it is officially closed.
There was a special presentation from Rhod Lofting, now a Trustee and Life President who fundraised money for five years to open Woking Hospice. Light refreshments and many of the hospices team past and present were also there to welcome visitors.
The Woking Hospice officially opened in 1996, after Rhod Lofting launched an appeal for a local hospice. After losing his father, he did not want anyone else to lose a loved in such an undignified way. Since then, it has provided special end-of-life care to very ill, very frightened patients and their relatives.
Your new state-of-the-art facility in Goldsworth Park has been open and has been welcoming in-patient referrals since the end of May and the Bradbury Wellbeing Centre is open for day-patients. Additionally, the new cafe within the hospice will be opening soon, where it will be offering tea, coffee and delicious cakes, sandwiches and snacks.
If you would like more information about our history please click here
It has been an exciting few days here at your new state-of-the-art hospice as our office block was delivered and assembled adjacent to the hospice. These modular buildings, that are fully refurbished and factory built, are a real engineering marvel. They were assembled in only two days on Tuesday 04 and Wednesday 05 July.
The installation of the new offices are now complete and is looking very smart. Although more work will continue as the interior and exterior of the building needs to be finished.
The project plan was designed so that the construction of the offices would only take a short amount of time to limit any disruption to our patients. Therefore, we opted for this type of purpose built modular approach because the assembly only takes two days. This was in the best interest of our staff and the wider community, but, most importantly, for the experience and comfort of our in-patients.
Woking & Sam Beare Hospices welcomed its first in-patients at the end of May and our Bradbury Wellbeing Centre, with a spa, physiotherapy gym and treatment rooms, is now open. The hospice is also looking forward to the opening of its café, which all will be welcomed to use.
Take a look at the admin block installation transformation video:
It’s with great pleasure that we can inform you that your new hospice in Goldsworth Park is now open, and from today, Wednesday 24 May, we are admitting new referrals straight to our new state-of-the-art building.
We have put together a very thorough transition programme to ensure that patients are admitted to the new hospice, or transferred from the original hospice in Hill View Road, safely and with as little disruption as possible. All in-patients effected by this will have received information and guidance.
Read our full Patient information transfer leaflet
Following the admission of our in-patients, the Day Unit will recommence on the 30 May in the Wellbeing Centre at the new hospice.
The Woking Community Team will be based at the new hospice and the Sam Beare Community Team will remain in Weybridge.
Please be advised that there will be no change to the referral process. In the event you have any queries please keep these contact numbers to hand:
In-patients: 01483 881750
Woking Community Team [Woking]: 01483 881755
Sam Beare Community Team [Weybridge]: 01932 598385
We will also shortly be opening our new café at the hospice in Goldsworth Park, were you can purchase a selection of coffee and tea, freshly made cakes, sandwiches, salads and many more delicious delights. It is a wonderful space and will open out onto a beautifully landscape garden. We hope that you will enjoy this new facility and please do invite your family and friends along too.
We are very excited about the opening of the new build, and on behalf of all of us at Woking & Sam Beare Hospices we look forward to welcoming you.
We still need your support; read more about our new build appeal here.
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In advance of opening the doors of our brand new state-of-the-art facility in Goldsworth Park Centre, Woking, we celebrated at a special House of Lords event on Tuesday 16 May.
Held in the Cholmondeley Room and Terrace and hosted by the Earl of Liverpool the event recognised the huge achievement of our charity completing our new build project. The event was sponsored by corporate partners VMware and Intel and also supported by our appeals patron Isabel Webster, who is pictured here with our Chairman Marc Riggs, the Earl of Liverpool and Nick Barratt.
Jayne Cooper, who was announced as the permanent CEO of Woking & Sam Beare Hospices at this prestigious event, commented: “We are on the eve of a very exciting advancement in specialist palliative care. Our new build has been designed to ensure we can offer the very best of care to our patients, but in an environment with the highest possible standards. I could not be prouder of what we have achieved. Our new hospice really will put Surrey on the map as a leader in specialist palliative care for terminally ill patients and those with life-limiting illnesses.”
The hospice, which delivers care to over 1,400 patients and their families each year across six Surrey Boroughs, opens its doors to its first in-patients at the new hospice on Tuesday 23 May. The Bradbury Wellbeing Centre, which has a physiotherapy gym, spa, beautiful day room with fully equipped kitchen and consultancy and counselling rooms, will be open to day patients by Tuesday 30 May.
Natalie Stephens, Group Managing Director of Optichrome pictured left, attended the event to shared her personal experience of our hospice care. In an emotional speech she said: “Losing Dad so suddenly and having to step into his shoes and take over the business was overwhelming. It was Fiona, one of the wonderful counsellors at Woking & Sam Beare Hospices, that got me through and who gave me the skills to support my three children with their grief.
“Going to the hospice on a weekly bases really opened my eyes. I had previously thought that it is a place people go to die. This is not the case at all. It is warm and vibrant, with the most incredible team of staff and I am delighted to be able to support this wonderful charity.”
Natalie, whose Father sadly passed away in 2013, was one of approximately 200 guests at the House of Lords event. It was a wonderful evening with many fantastic supporters.
Jayne Cooper added: “I would like to thank Natalie Stephens of Optichrome for speaking so beautifully. On behalf of the hospice I thank the Earl of Liverpool for hosting our event, Isabel Webster for her support and our event sponsors VMware and Intel. None of what we have achieved would be possible without such a dedicated and passionate team of staff and wonderful volunteers, as well as the generosity of so many supporters. To all of you, I simply say – thank you.”
Read more about how you can support our New Build Appeal here.
See other ways you can support us on our Fundraising pages or contact our Fundraising team on 01483 881752. You can also send an email to fundraising@wsbhospices.co.uk.
We’re delighted to announce that your brand new state-of-the-art hospice has passed the England independent regulator of health and adult social care’s inspection.
The Care Quality Commission [CQC] ensures that health and social care services across England provide people with safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care. They have expected the new build at Goldsworth Park Centre, Woking, which means that we can now register the new facility and by the end of May patients can start to be admitted.
Jayne Cooper, Interim CEO and Director of Nursing, commented: “As a patient-centred charity, those we care for and their families are at the heart at everything we do. So I am exceptionally proud to have all our hard work validated by such a positive CQC inspection.
“We could not achieved all we have without such a fantastic team of staff and volunteers, but also because of the generosity of the communities across Surrey who have supported our New Build Appeal. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you.”
Woking & Sam Beare Hospices has put together a very thorough transition programme to ensure that patients are admitted to the new hospice, or transferred from the original hospice in Hill View Road, safely and with as little disruption as possible. All patients effected by this will have received information and guidance. However, should patients, carers or family and friends have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact us.
In-patients: 01483 881750
Woking Community Team [Woking]: 01483 881755
Sam Beare Community Team [Weybridge]: 01932 598385
The Woking Community Team will be based at the new hospice, but the Sam Beare Community Team will remain in Weybridge and both teams will be continuing to care for over 70% of our patients in their own homes.
For anyone that would still like to support our hospice there are still funding opportunities available. From a £20 donation to pay for specialist coat hangers to help infection control, to £5,000 for a specialist bed host, every penny enables the hospice to deliver care to over 1,400 patients each year. Please contact our fundraising team to find out more on 01483 881752, email fundraising@wsbhospices.co.uk or read more here.
Join us at your new hospice for a the first of three public open days this Saturday 29 April, 10am to 1pm. There is no need to book, just drop in.
We are looking forward to welcoming our local community and supporters into the new 20-bed state-of-the-art hospice in Goldsworth Park.
The three free drop-in events will run from 10am to 1pm on Saturday 29 April, 3pm to 8pm on Tuesday 2 May, and 10am to 4pm on Wednesday 3 May at the hospice in Goldsworth Park Centre, Woking, GU21 3LG.
Visitors will be able to tour the building to see Wellbeing Centre and in-patient facilities, and speak to staff and volunteers about the new purpose built facilities and how they’ll benefit patients, their loved ones and the hospice staff in delivering care. Refreshments will be available in the café area.
The new hospice will enable increasingly joined-up end-of-life care delivered from a centre of excellence. The Wellbeing Centre is adjacent to physiotherapy and counselling suites within the building, allowing quick and easy access to a range of support. Training facilities for staff will also promote the sharing of up-to-date knowledge and techniques within the hospice itself and with its partner organisations.
Over 70 per cent of Woking & Sam Beare Hospices’ work will continue to be delivered in people’s own homes across North West Surrey. The community nursing teams (one will continue to be based in Weybridge, one in the new hospice) will be able to access a comprehensive range of joined-up clinical and therapeutic support for those receiving treatment at home.
To find out more about our new build appeal and help us deliver end-of-life care to more than 1,400 people each year, and their families, please click here.
Please note that we are currently unable to offer on-site parking so if you are driving please use the Waitrose car park (please be aware of the three hour parking restriction) or park nearby unrestricted roads.
