Where your money goes

Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice cares for over 1,000 local families every year. We are a charity and make no charge to our patients or their families for the services provided.

Over 85 pence in every £1 we spend goes directly on patient care, and our services currently cost over £13,975 day (£580 per hour).

Less than 40% of our income comes from the NHS, so we depend on donations to help fund our vital work.

What your donation could buy

Although we do have occasional need for new items of equipment, our biggest challenge is meeting the day-to-day costs of caring for patients. For example, your gift could fund the following items:

£10

Aromatherapy oils for use in therapy and relaxation sessions

Latex gloves for doctors and nurses

£25

Materials for our day hospice art and craft groups

Alcohol hand cleansing rub for staff and visitors

£50

One day’s travelling costs for our team of community palliative care nurses

A day’s nutritious meals for our Day Hospice patients

£150

5 nurses uniforms

Physiotherapy sessions for inpatients

£250

The total daily cost of drugs, dressings and other medical supplies for all the patients being cared for in the Hospice

Clean bed linen for a week

£550

All of our services for an hour, giving care to our inpatients, Day Hospice patients and those being cared for at home, and support to their families.

£2,000

20 home care visits by a specialist nurse

4 patient bedside lockers

£5,000

A 10-day stay for an inpatient