Homeless Palliative Care Service Report

This report is the final evaluation of the Homeless Palliative Care Service that has been delivered by St Ann’s Hospice. In 2019, St Ann’s Hospice secured a five-year grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Reaching Communities’ programme to develop and deliver a Homeless Palliative Care Service across Greater Manchester.

The North West had the second-highest recorded homeless deaths in the country in 2022/2023, with the highest number in Greater Manchester. People experiencing homelessness often have poor health linked to multiple disadvantages.

St Ann’s Homeless Palliative Care Service aimed to change how they and other organisations work with people experiencing homelessness who have advanced ill health, giving them a better quality of life, and ensuring they receive equitable access to care and support as their health deteriorates.

Since February 2020, the service has given vulnerable people the opportunity to choose their treatment, the chance to reconnect with loved ones, and the possibility to die in a dignified, comfortable way in a place of their choosing.

The Homelessness Palliative Care Service is an evidence-based model of care for people experiencing multiple disadvantages.

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