Hospices
Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight)
Halberry Lane, Newport PO30 2ER
Overview
Mountbatten Hospice is a specialist palliative care organisation serving the Isle of Wight community from its base at Halberry Lane in Newport. As a dedicated hospice, it provides compassionate end-of-life care and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses, alongside comprehensive services for their families and carers. The organisation plays a vital role in the island's healthcare landscape, offering both inpatient facilities and community-based care services.
The hospice is committed to enabling patients to maintain dignity and quality of life during their final stages, providing symptom management, pain relief, and emotional support. Services typically include specialist nursing care, counselling, bereavement support, and respite care options. Mountbatten works closely with NHS partners and other local services to ensure coordinated care across the island.
As a registered charity, Mountbatten relies on fundraising and donations alongside NHS funding to sustain its services. The organisation welcomes referrals from GPs, hospitals, and other healthcare professionals. Both patients and families can access support services, with the hospice also offering valuable resources to the wider Isle of Wight community.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) in Newport provides specialist palliative care for people with life-limiting conditions. Services may include inpatient care, day hospice services, hospice at home (care in your own home), outpatient clinics, bereavement support for families, lymphoedema clinic, complementary therapies, and counselling. All care focuses on comfort, quality of life, and dignity. Contact 01983 529511 for information about available services.
Yes, all hospice care at Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) is provided free of charge to patients and their families, regardless of financial circumstances. Hospices receive some NHS funding but rely heavily on charitable donations, fundraising, retail shops, and legacies to fund their services. It costs millions of pounds each year to run a hospice, with a significant proportion raised through community support.
Referrals to Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) are usually made by your GP, hospital consultant, or district nurse. You or your family can also contact Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) directly on 01983 529511 to discuss a referral. Referrals are based on clinical need — anyone with a life-limiting condition can be considered. You do not have to have cancer to be referred; hospices care for people with any advanced illness including heart failure, COPD, motor neurone disease, and dementia.
No, hospice care is not just about end-of-life care. Many patients visit Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) for symptom management (pain relief, breathlessness, nausea), rehabilitation and support to stay as well as possible, respite stays to give carers a break, and day hospice activities and therapies. Some patients attend for weeks or months and then return home. Hospice care aims to help you live as fully and comfortably as possible.
The day hospice at Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) provides a programme of care and activities for patients who live at home. You may attend one or two days per week for medical review and symptom management, complementary therapies (massage, aromatherapy, reflexology), creative activities (art, music), social interaction and peer support, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and psychological support. Transport to and from the day hospice may be arranged.
Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) supports people with any life-limiting condition, not just cancer. Conditions include advanced cancer, heart failure, COPD and other lung diseases, motor neurone disease (MND), multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, advanced dementia, kidney failure, and liver failure. Referral is based on clinical need, and the hospice team works alongside your GP and hospital team.
You can support Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) by making a donation, volunteering your time, shopping at or donating to charity shops, taking part in fundraising events, leaving a gift in your will (legacy giving), organising your own fundraising activity, or becoming a regular donor. Contact 01983 529511 or visit the website to find out more about supporting your local hospice.
Yes, Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) welcomes visitors and families. Visiting is usually flexible, with no strict visiting hours in the inpatient unit. Family rooms and overnight facilities may be available for relatives who wish to stay close. Children are welcome to visit. The hospice environment is designed to be calm, comfortable, and homelike. Staff will support families throughout their loved one's stay.
Yes, Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) provides bereavement support for families and loved ones after a patient has died. This may include one-to-one counselling, bereavement support groups, telephone support, memorial services, and children and young people's bereavement services. Support is available regardless of whether the person died at the hospice or elsewhere. Contact 01983 529511 for information about bereavement services.
Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) may offer a Hospice at Home service, bringing specialist palliative care to patients in their own homes. This may include visits from specialist nurses, overnight care and sitting services, symptom management, practical support, and emotional support for patients and families. Hospice at Home allows people to be cared for and, if they wish, to die in the comfort and familiarity of their own home.
Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) may offer complementary therapies including massage, aromatherapy, reflexology, Reiki, acupuncture, mindfulness and relaxation, creative arts therapy, and music therapy. These therapies complement medical treatment and can help with pain, anxiety, sleep, and overall wellbeing. All therapies are provided by qualified practitioners and are free to patients.
Yes, Mountbatten Hospice (Isle of Wight) can help you with advance care planning — documenting your wishes for future care. This may include an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (living will), Lasting Power of Attorney for health and welfare, preferred place of care and death, and a ReSPECT form (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment). Having these conversations and documents in place ensures your wishes are known and respected.