Support services for patients

Alongside nursing and medical care, we provide a wide range of support services to our patients.

We also support the people important to our patients, which may include their biological or chosen family and carers.

Support includes: 

  • Counselling 
  • Social Work 
  • Citizens Advice  
  • Group support 
  • Bereavement support 

The team offers a choice between face-to-face or remote support over the telephone, and via video calls.

To refer into the St Richard’s Family Support services, please call the Family Support and Bereavement Referral Line Monday to Thursday, 10am to 2pm, via the main hospice number 01905 763963. 

When the phone line is closed, referrals can be made online.

Living Well services therapeutic day
Beth and Nikki stand together by a green tree with lots of white flowers. Beth is wearing an orange dress and Nikki is wearing a bright blue top.
support services social work
Citizens Advice Adviser Safia sits and chats to a person across a low coffee table. A large book is open on the table, next to a decorative vase. Safia is wearing a grey cardigan and purple top. The other person has their back to the camera. They are wearing a black top and have shoulder-length blonde hair.