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01 October 2024
Autumn/Winter 2024 Hospice Connection
Read our Autumn/Winter issue of Hospice Connection to find out about building plans for our new 24-bed single room in-patient unit in Raheny. Learn about the experiences of Shenda (RIP) and her family in St Francis Hospice. Find out more about four of our wonderful volunteers. Enter our Annual Car Draw for a chance to […]
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12 September 2024
1st Annual Clinical Audit Blitz
St Francis Hospice Dublin held its first annual Clinical Audit Blitz during Palliative Care Week in September 2024. Excellence is a core value in St Francis Hospice, and clinical audit is an important tool for quality improvement as we strive to ensure the highest standard of care for our patients and their families. Colleagues gathered […]
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27 August 2024
Charity Excellence Awards Shortlisting
We are proud to be shortlisted in two categories (Employer Excellence Award and Excellence in Leadership Award) at this year’s Charity Excellence Awards hosted by the Charities Institute Ireland. The ceremony takes place on 3rd October. We are also eligible for the People’s Choice Award – please click and vote for St Francis Hospice Dublin […]
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05 July 2024
Beautiful Blooms Donated for Hospice Gardens
Our volunteer gardener Marie Norton and staff member Barbara Kilbride collected plants that were donated from Mountjoy female prison, the Dochas Centre. Many thanks for the plants, they will truly enhance the beauty of our Raheny & Blanchardstown hospice gardens for the benefit of our patients and their loved ones.
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16 September 2024
Tickets Now on Sale – The 17th Kaleidoscope International Palliative Care Conference
We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 17th Kaleidoscope International Palliative Care Conference, taking place on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May 2025 in the Convention centre Dublin. For more information and to book your tickets please click here. In addition to the conference we also have two workshops […]
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