About St Joseph's Hospice

Who We Are

St Joseph’s supports people and families, not just patients and symptoms.

St Joseph’s team of specialist doctors, nurses, social workers and other skilled staff and volunteers, provides pain control and symptom relief for those whose illness cannot be cured. Patients are treated both in their own homes and in the hospice on Mare Street in Hackney. In-patients at St Joseph’s enjoy some of the most modern facilities in Europe which have been designed to accommodate the diverse needs of the many communities we serve.

St Joseph’s broad range of services enriches the lives of patients and their families from the diverse communities of east and north-east London. St Joseph’s is available to all those who can benefit from it: we work to meet all the needs of our patients, including those which reflect their ethnic, cultural or religious heritage.

The care and treatment available at St Joseph’s helps patients live as actively as possible for as long as possible. It also supports the whole person, offering practical, emotional and spiritual help in addition to the medical care.

The Day Hospice, social work team, chaplaincy, bereavement and children’s bereavement services all work to meet the needs of those with cancer and other life limiting illnesses as well as those of their families and carers.

St Joseph’s provides a full range of community and inpatient services to the people of Hackney, City of London, Newham and Tower Hamlets, as well as inpatient care for people in Camden, Enfield, Harringey, Islington, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
 
 
Contact St. Joseph's Hospice
 
Katie Andrews Events and Campaigns Tel: 0208 525 6033
 
k.andrews@stjh.org.uk

Our history

• In July 1900 five Irish nuns travelled from Dublin to Hackney to bring comfort and care to the poor and sick of London’s teeming East End. The Sisters were inspired by the words of the Foundress of their order, the Sisters of Charity, Mary Aikenhead, who expressed her desire that “the poor be given for love which the rich obtain for money”.

The nuns began their mission by visiting families in Hackney and Hoxton whose living conditions were often dreadful. The Sisters recognised the urgent need of a house which could be transformed into a properly equipped hospice where patients could benefit from care and good surroundings.

In 1903 they were gifted a property on Mare Street in Hackney which remains the site of St Joseph’s.

Throughout its long history St Joseph’s has never stood still but has always looked to the future, extending and improving its services for the benefit of patients. The East End has continued to evolve and so too does the hospice which serves it.