A hospice is a specialist centre for supporting people with a life-limiting illness – that is an illness that does not respond to curative treatment and requires palliative care and support. Clinical Services provided include: ▸ Inpatient Service with beds to support people to stay overnight ▸ Outreach Service including day hospice activities ▸ Medical Outpatients Service ▸ Therapy services, including Occupational Therapy, Holistic therapies, Family Support, Complementary Therapy, Creative Therapy and spiritual and pastoral services Hospices care for people with complex needs. This may only be for a short time but enables them to live their days to the full and to be discharged back home if they wish.