About St Columba's Hospice
St Columba's Hospice provides specialist palliative care for patients, as well as support for their loved ones. We do this free of charge, with compassion, honesty and integrity. St Columba's Hospice also has a huge commitment to educating specialist and non-specialist doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and carers from across Scotland and beyond, in specialist palliative care.
Our aim is to improve the lives of people whose illness cannot be cured. We help people to live as actively as possible after diagnosis to the end of their lives, however long that may be. The highest value is put on respect, choice and empowerment.
In addition to the highest quality of clinical care, we offer emotional, spiritual and practical support for our patients, their families and carers. Services available at St Columba's Hospice include the following:
- In-Patient Unit - for symptom control, respite and end of life care.
- Day Hospice - patients can accessa range of services including medical and nursing care, rehabilitation, and creative and complementary therapies whilst still living at home. Patients are also able to meet others in a similar situation at the same time as offering respite to carers.
- Community Palliative Care Team - a team of highly trained clinical nurse specialists who take Hospice services out to patients and their families in their homes.
- Education - provision of training in specialist palliative care for nurses, doctors, medical students and allied health professionals.
- Support whilst in hospital - our consultants provide specialist care to those with palliative care needs in local hospitals.
Your support to St Columba's Hospice will help to sustain and improve palliative care in Scotland.