Additionally the Marie Curie Nursing Service gives people the choice of dying at home supported by their families
The Marie Curie Hospice, Solihull is part of the UK charity Marie Curie Cancer Care, which was founded in 1948.
There are nine other Marie Curie Hospices throughout the UK.
The charity is also investigating the causes of cancer and better ways to treat the disease at the Marie Curie Research Institute.
History of the Marie Curie Hospice, Solihull
The adaptation of school rooms into a hospice for the care of cancer patients is not a transformation that happens everyday. But that's exactly what happened when the Windylow Preparatory School was taken over by Marie Curie Cancer Care in 1965. It came complete with classrooms and cloakrooms, though today a visitor to the hospice would be lucky to find a trace of the building's former past.
As with the nine other Marie Curie hospices across the UK, we have adapted over the decades to meet the needs of our patients and we have gradually developed to become a specialist care centre for cancer patients.
However, true to its history, part of the building remains faithful to improving knowledge, with our education centre for health professionals.
The hospice was originally named after Amy Warren Pearl whose survival from the sinking of an ocean liner off the Irish coast prompted her to devote her life to charitable work. She was one of the founder members of the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation.
Here at Solihull we offer a full range of services to cancer patients. Your doctor will discuss the type of treatment which is best suited to your needs before you are admitted. All care provided at the hospice is free of charge to patients and their families.
