Facts and Figures
Severn Hospice cares for almost 2500 patients a year, approximately half of whom will have been referred in previous years and will be receiving ongoing care.
In the financial year ending in April 2009, 1,307 people were referred to Severn Hospice for care.
More than a quarter of these were referred straight to our Hospice at Home service.
One third of our referrals came from Telford and Wrekin Borough, 7% from Montgomeryshire and the rest from Shropshire.
421 people received care as in-patients in our Hospices at Shrewsbury and Telford. On average they stayed with us for just over 13 days. Around 40% of our in-patients were discharged home after staying with us.
We cared for around 85 people per week at our Day Hospices in Newtown, Shrewsbury and Telford.
Our Hospice Outreach Team provided help and advice to over 550 new patients.
And over 100 people attended our out-patient clinics in Shrewsbury and Telford.
Two of our patients were aged 19 or under while 994 were aged 60 or older. Our oldest patient was over 100 years old.
