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Sam Beare
Hospice
22 Church Street,
Weybridge,
Surrey
KT13 8DY
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Sam Beare Hospice based within Weybridge Hospital,
re-opened on August 1st 2006 under the management of
Woking Hospice and provides palliative care and
support to the residents of North Surrey. |
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Weybridge Hospital has been in the hearts and minds of the
people of Weybridge since it was built with donations from
local people in 1889. |
The Sam Beare Ward was opened in 1977 and provided care for
local cancer patients. In 2006 the Sam Beare Ward became the
Sam Beare Hospice, a registered charity.
It is no longer
part of the NHS, but has to be funded by public donations. |
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It costs £1.5 million per year to fund the ten beds and
community services provided by the Hospice. It shares
management with Woking Hospice and provides specialist
palliative care to the residents of West Elmbridge,
Runnymede and Spelthorne. |
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In the current economic climate, the money needed to fund
this unit is becoming increasingly difficult to find and
there is a real danger that the local community will lose
this important service. |
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Please help the charity by participating in or attending
fundraising events or by providing goods for sale or
purchasing from one of the Same Beare shops in Weybridge town
centre |
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Hospice Care |
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Hospice care is based on the belief that each person
is more than their illness, and that each of us has
unique physical, emotional, social and spiritual
needs. Woking & Sam Beare Hospices responds to the
needs of each individual, helping people achieve the
best possible quality of life. |
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Care For All |
This highly personal, holistic approach to care
takes time, skill and experience from a
multi-professional team. We care for people in the
hospice, in their homes and in nursing homes.
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Through expert assessment and regular
monitoring we aim to relieve pain, symptoms
and side-effects of illness. |
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We enable people to receive care,
treatments and therapies directly, wherever
they live, through liaison with other
healthcare professionals and by providing 24
hour telephone support. |
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We help people retain their
independence, mobility and sense of control
by providing practical help, equipment and
advice. |
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We help restore self confidence and
well-being by giving patients the
opportunity to meet socially, gain support
from others in similar circumstances, and
benefit from relaxation therapies. |
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We give patients and their loved ones
opportunities to discuss their thoughts and
feelings which can relieve fears and
anxieties. |
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We help people plan for the future so
that they can enjoy life as fully as
possible. |
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Where possible we support patients’
carers by providing respite care, giving
people a much needed break from their caring
role. |
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We provide open and honest explanation
to questions, enabling people to make
informed choices and have greater control
throughout the dying process. |
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We support people as their condition
deteriorates, helping families, carers and
friends to prepare for bereavement. |
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We provide ongoing support to families
and carers in bereavement, from simple
practical advice through to counselling
services. |
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Both Woking & Sam Beare Hospices are separate registered charities with
joint running costs of £5.4 million per year. We
make no charge for our services - all patient care
is entirely free, and we rely on donations and other
fundraising activities to fund our work.
For
further information about palliative care and the
hospice approach, please follow the following links:
www.helpthehospices.org.uk or
www.ncpc.org.uk
(the national council for palliative care. ) |
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Fundraising Events In Aid Of Woking & Sam
Beare Hospices
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The all about Weybridge regularly publices
fundraising events for Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
(including the Annual
Midnight Walk) on our
What's On Section. So please
take a
look to see what fund raisers are coming up and
support them, or if you are holding an event send
details in to
chris@allaboutweybidge.co.uk and we will do our
best to include it. |
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Woking & Sam Beare Hospices Website |
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Press Release - Day Care at Hospice to partially reopen
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In October 2009 due to the economic downturn Sam
Beare Hospice very reluctantly took the steps of
suspending day care facilities at the Hospice. It
was the only immediate way of safeguarding all other
services while an Emergency Appeal
was launched to help secure the future of Sam Beare
Hospice. | |
They called on the
generosity of those who
have always kept them
going: the community –
and as ever people have
responded in such a
positive way and have
done so many wonderful
things – held coffee
mornings, donated
birthday money, put
coins in collecting tins
or thought of different
ways to get sponsored. |
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to everyone’s inspiring
efforts and generosity,
they have nearly reached
their incredibly
ambitious £300,000
target for the first
quarter of the Emergency
Appeal.
The good
news is that, for now,
no other services are in
immediate danger of
being cut and due to
this community support
the Day Care Unit at the
Hospice will reopen from
Spring 2010, but only
for one day a week.
Chris Flemington, Chief
Executive said | |
“We are pleased that
phase one of the Appeal
has gone so well and
that we can start to
push on with the crucial
second phase which will
require even more
effort. Until we have
reinstated every day of
our Day Care service and
safeguarded our future,
there remains an
emergency. I am hopeful
we shall succeed as so
many people are now
aware that they have a
Hospice in the heart of
the community of which
they can be proud.” |
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Location
Of Sam Beare Hospice
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The Weybridge Community Hospital building is in the town centre with its main entrance on
Church Street which is a continuation of Weybridge High
Street.
Street map |
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Parking
For Sam Beare Hospice
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The walk in centre has a pay and
display car park (for centre users only).
When last checked, charges applied between 7am-7pm as
follows;
1hr 60p, 2 hrs £1.20, 3 hours £3, 4 hours £4, up to 12
hrs £7.50 and the machine took 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p £1 and
£2 coins. | |
There is also
a large car park (Churchfield
car park) behind the library, on the opposite side
of Church Street. | |
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