Opening with 10 beds in June 1990, we expanded to offer a Day Care service, accommodating 8 patients a day. In 1997, former Ipswich Town Football Club & England Manager, Sir Bobby Robson, opened the new purpose built Day Centre which allowed for more patient care.
The Day Care service saw expansions and renovations to the building in 2007, 2008 and 2015. This part of the hospice building has since transformed into the Community Care Unit in 2021 and is used a facility for Zest Short Breaks to support young adults living with incurable illnesses.
Community Care Units now operate in Ipswich, Beccles, Gorleston, Martham and Halesworth.
Refurbishments of the Inpatient Unit took place in 2000 & 2011, which now offers 18 beds.
In 2019, we expanded services to reach patients in Great Yarmouth and Waveney, working with East Coast Community Healthcare to provide specialist palliative care services at Beccles Hospital & in people’s homes.