We have launched an urgent appeal to raise £240,000 which could fund the recruitment, training and salary for five registered nurses for a year, to ensure more people in Coventry and Warwickshire can access a Hospice Bed.
More people need a Hospice Bed now than ever before. Demand for our Inpatient Units has increased by 11% in the last 12 months.
Tragically, 3 out of 5 people on our waiting list for a Hospice Bed will die before they can access one.
As the only provider of Hospice Inpatient Beds in Coventry and Warwickshire, we are acutely aware of the need for more, but we are limited in what we can provide due to funding constraints.
We are a charity, not the NHS, and with just 20% of our costs covered by statutory funding, and annual running costs at an all-time high of £14.3 million, we will be relying on voluntary support of £11 million this year alone to continue providing our existing services free of charge to our patients and their loved ones.
Ruth Freeman, Chief Executive Officer at The Myton Hospices, said:
At The Myton Hospices, we passionately believe that every person who needs a Hospice Bed should have access to one and that no-one who is at the end of life should be on a waiting list. People who have experienced or witnessed the impact of being cared for in a Hospice Bed know just how important it is in controlling symptoms, such as pain and anxiety, by providing specialist, tailored support for patients and their families. Everyone has the right to a good death with their loved ones supported, and we need urgent help to ensure we can provide the palliative and end of life care people need and deserve.
Myton supporter, Tom Cronin, commented following the death of his wife, Katie, aged just 37:
In these situations, nothing you can do can ever make it better and the best outcome is to never need Myton. But Myton truly is the best place to be for everyone and I can’t imagine anywhere else doing a better job. The impact they had on me, my sons and the rest of our family is a legacy I’ll carry with me forever.
We hope to raise £240,000 which could fund the recruitment, training and salary for five registered nurses for a year, to ensure more people in Coventry and Warwickshire can access a Hospice Bed.
