Palliative care

Palliative care is the care of patients whose disease is advancing and not curable. The aim is to achieve the best possible quality of life by managing the effects of the disease.

The St John’s Hospice offer a range of specialist services to patients with life-limiting conditions and their families. St John’s Hospice offer the following services.

Cancer information and support

The cancer information and support service provides support for patients, carers and family members including those living with cancer and surviving cancer.

They work alongside other clinical and community services and are based at St John’s Information and Support Centre and in the Macmillan Centre at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, which provides a drop-in service.

Community palliative care

St John’s community palliative care provides expert advice and support to patients and their families or carers, both in their own home and at our outpatient clinic.

Counselling

St John’s counselling service supports individuals with a life-limiting illness and their families, offering high-quality, personalised care that addresses emotional, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. It aims to empower individuals and carers by providing tailored support.

Day therapy

St John’s day therapy unit, located at St John’s Hospice, supports patients with life-limiting conditions by improving quality of life and managing symptoms. Through guided activities and connections with others, we help you achieve personal goals and enhance well-being.

Inpatient unit

St John’s Hospice inpatient unit provides specialist palliative end of life care to adult patients and their families.

Outpatient clinic

St John’s outpatient clinic provides patients with a life-limiting illness the ability to see a palliative medicine consultant in the outpatient setting for complex symptom control.

Spiritual and religious care

The spiritual and religious care centre provides spiritual and religious care to everyone using the hospice’s services, whether on our wards, in the day therapy unit, or at home.

St John’s welcomes people of all beliefs and encourages individuals to express their spirituality or practice their religion in their own way.

Committed to holistic care, St John’s values what matters most to each person. We recognise that illness can raise emotional, mental, and spiritual questions, in addition to physical concerns. These may involve your health, life’s meaning, or worries about your loved ones.

If you’d like to see a chaplain, feel free to ask our staff to contact them or call June Rutherford directly on 07393 266 674.

Alternatively, contact the wider team on the details below.

• Address

  The Spiritual Care Centre
  Tickhill Road Hospital
  Weston Road
  Doncaster
  DN4 8QN

• Phone

  03000 212 165

  Feel free to leave a short message with your name and contact details.

  Email

  rdash.chaplaincy@nhs.net

Page last reviewed: December 18, 2025
Next review due: December 18, 2026