Our impact
Find out how our care impacts our community and why it’s more important than ever to future-proof our care.
Between April 2024 and March 2025…
- 475 patients stayed on our inpatient unit.
- 2,925 home visits were made by our team.
- 2,976 referrals were made to our hospital palliative care team.
- 38,567 calls were made from the Palliative Care Hub to provide our patients with support, care, and advice.
- Our Home Hospice Care team made 16,661 visits, totalling 8,210 hours of personal care support for patients, and their loved ones and carers.
- 779 bereavement sessions were delivered to families and friends following the death of a loved one.
- 1,058 music and art therapy sessions were held.
- 1,280 journeys were made by our drivers as they transported patients and delivered vital equipment.
- Over 20,000 delicious meals were cooked by our catering team.
- 671 Living Well sessions were attended.
- 702 visits were made to patients by our chaplaincy team.
What our patients and families say…
Sobell House is a big, warm hug when you need it the most.
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Thank you to everyone that has been involved with my care; you have given me and my family so much support, care and kindness by assisting us with finances, companions, music therapy (amazing, I have to say!) and also specialist nurses to help support my palliative care. We as a county are incredibly lucky to have such amazing organisations helping those of us in our moment of need.
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Future-proofing our care
In order to meet the demand on our services and continue to care for everyone who needs us, we need your support more than ever before.
Find out how you can help make a difference.
Did you know?
- At any one time we are caring for around 680 patients.
- We rely on gifts in wills to raise a quarter of our annual fundraising income.
- The number of people needing vital end of life care in the UK will rise 25% by 2048*.
- Sobell House was founded in 1976 and is one of the UK’s earliest modern hospices.
- Sobell House is home to OxCERPC, a centre for education and research in palliative care.
- Our team are helping to widen access to hospice care to everyone in our community who needs it, including people experiencing homelessness.
- We need to raise over £3 million every year to keep caring for our community.
*Source: Marie Curie