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Registration under the Care Quality Commission

Kate’s is required to be registered to operate by the aboveregulatory body. If you wish to contact them directly you can do so here:

Care Quality Commission
CQC South West
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA

Tel : 03000 616161

Statement of Purpose

Kate's Home Nursing is a charity set up to help patients and their families in their own home through the last stage of illness.

How did it start?

Kate King, a resident of Stow, died in 1995. She became aware of the lack of care available to patients wishing to die at home and challenged her nurses and doctors to do something about it.

Do patients have a choice?

It isn’t always possible to fulfil a patient’s wish to die at home and Kate’s Home Nursing aims to complement other home nursing services to assist patients who have decided they wish to be in the familiar surroundings of their own home. The goal of palliative care is the achievement of the best quality of life for patients.

Why is it needed?

The NHS provides nursing care at home through the District Nursing Service. Whilst this service operates throughout the day and some periods of the evening and night, it is not resourced to provide a service to stay with patients. Our rural locality reduces the ability of the larger national charities from helping.

Kate's Home Nursing fills the gap that the statutory sector cannot fill and allows high quality 'hospice at home' care.