At Prospect Hospice, we provide outstanding, personalised and compassionate care for everyone in Swindon, Marlborough and the surrounding areas affected by a life-limiting illness, completely free of charge. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a dedicated, non-hospital, end-of-life care service for patients and their loved ones - around the clock, every day of the year. Our mission is to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – whether at the hospice or in their own home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
Our café sits at the heart of our hospice in Wroughton and serves a range of delicious home cooked meals to suit all tastes. Whether you're looking to catch up with friends over lunch or relax with coffee and cake, our Heart of the Hospice café has you covered.
Whether shopping with us in person or online, or donating your pre-loved goods, we thank you for supporting us through our shops where you help to raise around £2million a year for Prospect Hospice.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and we're always looking for outstanding people to join our team at the hospice across all areas of the charity.
Prospect Hospice is the leading provider of education and training for end-of-life care in Swindon and north Wiltshire. Working closely with you, our colleagues within partner organisations, we want to ensure that the very best care is available to everyone facing the end of life. This is why we provide education and development opportunities, all of which aim to encourage learning and build confidence in end of life care and support.
We understand this may be an anxious time for both you and those people important to you. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask a member of staff who will be happy to help you.
Visiting the hospice
To ensure the safety of our patients, we have made the difficult decision to restrict visitors at this time.
Visiting is permitted between 11am and 4pm each day for a period of one to two hours at a time. This should be restricted to members of your household only. Staff will be happy to talk to you about any concerns you have around visiting.
Children of the patient will be allowed to visit in the company of an adult.
We ask that you phone the inpatient unit daily on 01793 816150 and arrange the time you plan to be here.
You will be asked to enter the building at the entrance near the garden room. Please use the intercom when you arrive and staff will let you in. You will be asked the screening questions about COVID-19 symptoms before you will be allowed in. If you have any symptoms, please do not visit.
We encourage you to use a mobile phone to make contact with the person whilst they are on the inpatient unit wherever possible.
We will be happy to talk to you on the telephone if your loved one consents to this.
We also ask that you do not bring flowers into the inpatient unit due to the risk of infection.
We politely remind all visitors about social distancing rules and to wear a mask when any staff member enters the room and only one visitor to be present when we are in the room.
Thank you for your cooperation at this time.