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Quality Account 2024/25

Garden House Hospice Care provides specialist palliative and end of life care across North Hertfordshire and Stevenage. Their 2024/25 Quality Account covers 910 active community members, 15 Wellbeing Hubs averaging 711 weekly attendances, 930 volunteers, a Frailty in-reach service exceeding all targets at Lister Hospital, and a landmark new Enhanced Nursing Care Home contract covering 3,900+ care home beds across 450 square miles — with 34% NHS and 64% community funding.

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Inpatient Unit (palliative and reablement; Admiral Nurse dementia CNS; 24/7 advice line); Hospice at Home; CHC Fast Track community service (10-bed capacity); Enhanced Nursing Care Home (ENCH) service (450 sq miles, 3,900+ beds, 12 PCNs from April 2025); Frailty in-reach at Lister Hospital (431 patients, 266 ED transfers); 15 Wellbeing Hubs (Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, Royston, Ashwell, Weston); Compassionate Neighbours (450 referrals, 76 new volunteers); community minibus (798 trips, 150 members); 12 charity shops; partnerships with 66 local schools Custom geography from upload: North Hertfordshire & Stevenage (Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, Royston)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 910 active community members visited weekly by Compassionate Neighbours or attending a Wellbeing Hub; average weekly attendance of 711 at 15 Wellbeing Hubs; 930 active volunteers (444 new in year)
Key Metric 2 55% of inpatient patients had a non-cancer diagnosis — exceeding 50% target and demonstrating breadth of palliative care beyond oncology; 74.8% inpatient occupancy (below 85% operational threshold)
Key Metric 3 £8 million required annually; 34% from NHS; 64% (£5.5m) raised by Fundraising and Trading teams; new ENCH contract covering 450 square miles and 3,900+ care home beds awarded April 2025

Key Outcomes

  • Wellbeing Hubs rated 9.4/10; 100% positive approval rating; 86% of attendees report reduced loneliness and social isolation; 98% feel more informed about local services — outstanding community wellbeing outcomes
  • New ENCH contract awarded April 2025 covering East and North Herts patch — expanding reach to 3,900+ residential and nursing care home beds across 450 square miles, in collaboration with 12 Primary Care Networks
  • Frailty in-reach service at Lister Hospital surpassed targets: 431 patients supported against target of 360; 266 successful ED transfers against target of 206 — demonstrating significant NHS system value

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Impact Snapshot
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Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
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700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
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Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022