Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2025
St Peter & St James Hospice

Impact Report 2024-2025

St Peter & St James Hospice provides specialist palliative and end of life care across East and Mid Sussex. In 2024-25, over 1,000 patients were supported; 683 new referrals received; 937 community patients seen (up 9%); 134 patients and 172 carers attended the Living Well Centre; and IPU ran at 83% occupancy. Total income was £6.65m with only 14.6% from government funding. The hospice marked its 50th anniversary, finished the year with a £118k surplus and became the first hospice to trial AI note-taking software.

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📋About

8-bed inpatient unit (24/7); specialist community palliative care team (7-day CNS visits, medical director support); Living Well Centre (art, craft, singing, mindfulness, carers café, bereavement group); counselling; welfare support; carer support; complementary therapies; rehabilitative therapies; 24/7 hospice line pilot; charity shops Custom geography from upload: East Sussex / Mid Sussex

📊Key Metrics

1,000+ patients supported; 683 new referrals; 937 community patients seen by Specialist Community Palliative Care Team — up 9% on prior year Key Metric 1
Inpatient Unit ran at 83% occupancy with average stay of 12.1 days; 134 patients and 172 carers attended the Living Well Centre — up 19% Key Metric 2
Total income £6.65m; surplus of £118k; only 14.6% of income from government funding — one of the lowest proportions of any UK hospice Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Carer support extended to six days per week; first hospice in UK to trial AI note-taking software for clinical appointments; portable ultrasound scanner purchased enabling home-based scans
  • £78k received from first tranche of £312k government capital grant; new Head of Quality role introduced; Sussex Hospice Alliance formed with regional partners to negotiate NHS funding collectively
  • 50th anniversary year (founded 1975); new three-year strategy launched focused on financial sustainability, reach and workforce; plan to open 4 CHC-funded beds generating £270k additional NHS income; inaugural Gala Dinner raised significant funds

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