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Speller Metcalfe hand over Centre keys

National building contractor, Speller Metcalfe, officially handed over the keys for the new St Richard’s Hospice Snowdrop Community Care Centre in Worcester having completed construction crucial to increasing existing care options at the Hospice.

The new Snowdrop building will allow staff to support extra patients and family membersin the community. Plans include expanding and developing group work and offering nurse-led clinics and joint clinics with other specialists. The Family Support Team plans increasing pre-death support for the growing number of patients and families; more meetings and drop in sessions and an increase in bereavement support.

A delighted James Speller, Business Development Manager for Speller Metcalfe commented: “We are thrilled to have been involved with this project. Building the new Annex for the Snowdrop Centre now means that St Richard’s Hospice will be able to increase its community care service offering which is good news for all who rely and continue to require their support.”

The attractive new Annex at the Hospice site cost almost £1 million to construct. St Richard’s Hospice received £600,000 towards the cost of the building from the Government, whilst the remaining £374,000 was raised from Trusts and grants, generous donations and from Hospice reserves.

St Richard’s Chief Executive Mark Jackson said: “It’s fantastic to see this lovely building which has grown so rapidly since the first turf was turned in August last year. We took over the building on schedule and opened for business on 4^th April, this will help us care for more people in the community. We are very grateful to all those who donated to make this possible. We are also very grateful to all the Speller Metcalfe staff for the very sympathetic way that they built the Snowdrop Centre without any interference or disruption to the ongoing care in the Hospice."

The St Richard’s Nurse Specialists, Hospice at Home carers and Family Support Teams will help more people and meet the increasing demand for care across the community as identified in the NHS Worcestershire End of Life Care Strategy.

St Richard’s Hospice provides free specialist palliative care for patients living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and provide support for their families.

Issued: 13/05/2011