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# Third of beds to be axed as St Giles Hospice battles to plug £1.5million funding gap
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/third-of-beds-to-be-axed-as-st-giles-hospice-battles-to-plug-1-5million-funding-gap/
- Published: 2024-11-12T00:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-11T15:11:08.000Z
- Description: A third of beds will be axed at St Giles Hospice as it battles to plug a £1.5million funding gap.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Charity, Whittington, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:53, News

A THIRD of beds will be axed at St Giles Hospice as it battles to plug a £1.5million funding gap.

The Whittington-based charity [confirmed in August](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/st-giles-hospice-confirms-plan-to-make-significant-redundancies/) that jobs would go as part of plans to tackle a hole in its budget.

But bosses have now confirmed that it will focus on “very core specialist palliative care services” with the loss of 21 posts as well as a reduction from 23 to 15 beds – with 12 being specialist palliative care and three for end of life patients.

Elinor Eustace, interim CEO of St Giles Hospice, said:

> “We remain fully committed to providing outstanding end of life care to local people and their families, where and when they need it.  
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> “However, the landscape in which hospices operate is evolving and St Giles needs to adapt to keep up with changes and challenges currently being faced in palliative and end of life care, while ensuring good financial management.  
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> “Following careful consideration and consultation, we have consolidated our services to focus on our core specialist palliative care provision.  
>  
> “While these decisions have been incredibly difficult, they are essential to safeguard the future of our services and ensure the long-term survival of St Giles.”

The hospice, which has been operational for more than 40 years, said it had seen a real-terms reduction in statutory funding while also balancing “significant” increases in operational costs.

The position has been worsened by the cost of living crisis leading to challenges in generating donations from the public.

Robin Vickers, chair of the board of trustees at St Giles Hospice, said:

> “Our priority throughout this process has been to maintain the highest possible level of care while ensuring the long-term sustainability of our services.  
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> “We have consolidated our community care provision to create a seamless journey for our patients, specifically retaining and combining our advice and referrals centre, Hospice at Home, respite and community nursing services.”