Nightingale House welcomes patients into their newly modernised Inpatient Unit

Senior Nurse Julie Lloyd explained, “It’s like being a kid at Christmas…We’ve all been waiting so long to see the new Inpatient Unit. It looks absolutely fabulous! Knowing we are going to care for patients in this environment, I am so proud to work here.” Health Care Support Worker, Michelle Constantine added, “Everyone is quite emotional about the new Inpatient Unit. It looks even better than we ever imagined.”

Staff, volunteers, and trustees were delighted to get the first glimpses of the new facility at the handover from Read Construction, who, along with TACP and many other sub-contractors, have been working tirelessly to complete the building work since April 2023.

Chair of the Board of Trustees at Nightingale House, Eluned Griffiths, discussed the project, “I want to express my sincere thanks to all involved and the staff at Nightingale House who played a key role in leading this project.

“We have been able to deliver an exceptional, state-of-the-art facility that will provide invaluable care for patients in the local community with palliative or lifelimiting conditions for many years to come.”

The staff at Read Construction have also been eager to raise money for Nightingale House Hospice through various activities, and have raised over £5,000, as well as refurbishing the clinical staff toilet area, which was not included in the modernisation plans free of charge.

Read Construction Contracts Manager, Damian Bryan said, “Working with

Nightingale House Hospice on their modernisation programme over the past few years has been fantastic. We are really pleased that we could be part of such an important project, creating a modern, welcoming, first-class environment for the local community to be cared for in their time of need.”

Donations from the public have helped Nightingale House Hospice fund the modernisation of their Inpatient Unit. Laura Hughes, Ward Manager, shared her gratitude, “We are all in awe of how the public continues to support our appeal and have raised an incredible amount of money so far, but it just keeps going up, and the funds are still very much needed to complete the finishing touches… The new facilities will allow us to care for patients long into the future.”