As the only hospice serving adults across the Highlands, our palliative and end-of-life care services have been a vital source of comfort and support for our patients, their families and our communities since 1987.
Our care increases quality of life by reducing pain and suffering, enabling our patients and their families to make the most of the precious time they have left together. Our Rehabilitation and Wellbeing team offers an extensive, tailored service to meet the unique and varying needs of those with progressive, life-shortening conditions and our 24/7 Palliative Care Helpline offers one-stop advice, support and information for people nearing the end of life, their families, carers and professionals.
We rely on our communities to help us extend our support outwith the Hospice building in Inverness. Working together, we provide home care in a number of locations, allowing people to live at home for longer; our befriending team tackles the loneliness and isolation which often accompanies deteriorating health and is exacerbated in rural and remote areas; and our social work and bereavement services help children and adults to deal with the complexities of their feelings both during their loved one’s illness and following their death.
As an independent charity, we rely on our community for your fundraising efforts. Our services are offered free to everyone who needs them, but they are costly to deliver. We’re hugely grateful to receive an annual grant from the NHS, but we must still raise more than 75% of our income, mostly through fundraising and commercial activity, to continue delivering our care.
Our ambition at Highland Hospice is to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time so that everyone living with a life-shortening illness is supported to enjoy the life they have left, cherish the things that matter most to them and die with the dignity they deserve
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Our People
Highland Hospice employs over 200 full and part-time staff across a range of clinical and medical services as well as support functions such as finance, human resources, facilities, fundraising and retail. We also benefit from the support of over 850 volunteers working in the Hospice, in our shops and fundraising in the community.
Information and Resources
The Hospice publishes a wide range of leaflets, newsletters, annual reports and other documents promoting and describing the work of the Hospice. All of these are available in this searchable library.
