Lewis-Manning Hospice

Over 650 adults in Poole and the surrounding areas of Dorset living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses can benefit from the highest quality palliative care free of charge at Lewis-Manning Hospice.

Lewis-Manning Hospice offers three main services:
Day Hospice: giving advice and support to patients and their carers, help with pain and symptom management, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and creative art therapy.
Lymphoedema Clinic: provides free treatment and support for patients with secondary lymphoedema due to cancer or the treatment of cancer.
Breathlessness Clinic: helping people with respiratory conditions get more out of their lives by teaching them strategies to manage the symptoms.
Lewis-Manning Hospice is raising £2.5million to build a larger state of the art hospice on its existing grounds due to open in 2012. The new hospice will include en-suite bedrooms, a day centre and clinic rooms and also feature a gymnasium for physiotherapy and landscaped gardens overlooking Poole Harbour. The inclusion of bedrooms will allow the hospice to provide round the clock respite, rehabilitation and end of life care.
After an annual NHS grant, it costs £50,000 a month to run the hospice, a figure that will double upon completion of the new-build. Therefore Lewis-Manning Hospice is heavily reliant on legacies to continue providing its vital services to the local community. Whether it is £100 or £100,000 every gift is crucial and enables nurses to continue giving their patients the support they urgently need to adapt and cope with their illnesses to the best of their ability.