St Giles Hospice - Our Five Year Strategy - 2017-2022 St Giles Five Year Strategy 2017 | Page 12

Sustainability
Overcoming
challenges
£9m
cost to provide
care each year
“What I found truly
amazing was that
they are there for the
whole family, not just
the patient. My dad
was given a bed by my
mum’s side in her final
week of care.”
Page 12
Unfortunately the number of
people with cancer is increasing.
In addition as
our population is
ageing, more people are living
and dying with multiple illnesses.
This means we must increase our
funding so that we can support
more people and continue to work
with other organisations so that
together we can make a difference.
To protect the future of St Giles we
ensure that our Board of Trustees
and professional teams have the
skills and resources required to
lead a high-quality and efficient
care charity.
We continue to manage costs
tightly as we face increasing
demand for
our services. The
majority of our expenditure is on
staff as we have to offer terms and
conditions comparable to the NHS
in order to recruit the nursing and
medical personnel we require.
We seek to train and develop
volunteers for roles wherever
possible.
Our income streams face many
challenges. 65% of our care is
funded by voluntary income due to
the generosity of our communities
with 35% of our funding from
the NHS. We are experiencing
the triple impact of more people
needing our care,
no growth in our
voluntary income and pressure on
maintaining our NHS income
which has seen some reductions
in 2016/17.
Recognising we cannot meet
demand in isolation, we value our
partnerships and collaborations
to ensure efficient use of resources
across all health and care providers.
1,000
more people locally who
need our specialist care