Address

22 Liebenrood Road
Reading
RG30 2DX
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone: 0118 955 0400

Email address: enquiries.berkshirewest@sueryder.org

Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice

Sue Ryder offers a range of services in Berkshire West from three sites: Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading, Sue Ryder Palliative Care Hub Berkshire in Newbury and Sue Ryder Wokingham.

About Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice

At the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading and Berkshire West, we look after people living with life-limiting conditions and offer support for families too. We provide expert care and support across Berkshire West.

Hospice care is what we call the treatment and support we offer to people with life-limiting conditions. We combine specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms, with other emotional, practical and spiritual support.

You might stay with us to receive inpatient care for a short time, or a longer stay. We can offer the same care, services and advice to you as a visitor or at home (fi you are comfortable and supported and prefer to stay there) via our clinical nurse specialists.

Update for visitors - Winter 2023

The developer of the Dellwood Hospital site to the front of our hospice building will be carrying out roadworks on Liebenrood Road from Wednesday 29 November 2023 until 22 December 2023. During this time the usual entrance to the Dellwood car parking site will be closed, and visitors are kindly asked to use the car park exit route to both enter and leave the site. For any questions or concerns, please share these directly with a member of our team to pass on to the developers. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Duchess of Kent Hospice in pictures

Depending on the care that you or your loved one needs, Sue Ryder provides a comprehensive range of services in Berkshire West in Newbury, Reading and Wokingham.

We provide doctors, Sue Ryder Nurses, care assistants, physiotherapists, occupational and complementary therapists, social workers and bereavement support workers. Everyone works seamlessly together to support you and your family through the most difficult times.

Duchess of Kent inpatient hospice

Sue Ryder Nurses and doctors offer palliative care to people who are dealing with life-limiting conditions. We can help with pain management, breathlessness and nausea to make you as comfortable as possible. There’s round-the-clock monitoring and expert care to manage your symptoms. We can also help patients who are coming to the end of their lives, with compassionate care and expert practical advice for both them and their families.

Day Services

If you’re living with a life-changing condition, you can attend outpatient appointments with specialist Sue Ryder Nurses and doctors at our clinics in Reading, Newbury and Wokingham. There’s also the chance to meet and chat with others in similar circumstances to you – to relax with a cup of tea and try some activities at both the Reading and Newbury sites.

Hospice at Home

If you’d prefer to receive care in your home, our clinical nurse specialists can bring all their expertise directly to you.

Services List

Our services include:

Inpatient care
Day Services
Clinical nurse specialists
Family and bereavement support
Rehabilitation
Complementary therapies
Spiritual care
Befriending

Find out more about services at Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice.

Frequently asked questions

When you’re admitted to Duchess of Kent Hospice for palliative care, we would recommend that you bring:

A variety of comfortable, loose-fitting day and night clothes
Shoes and slippers – slip-on if possible
Personal toiletries and towels
Personal electrical equipment such as laptops, tablets, iPods and phones
Current medication - in its original packaging if possible
Community medical paperwork - this could include district nurse notes, a Preferred Priorities of Care document, and Advance Directives
Ear plugs and/or an eye mask for when you wish to rest

We have an in-house catering team that prepares and cooks three meals a day. We have an extensive menu with the aim of encouraging you to eat well. We will always do our best to cater to your individual taste. Our staff can also prepare light meals and snacks outside our regular mealtimes.

Visitors can also pre-order food from the menu and pay at reception. We also have a vending machine.

If you would like to support Sue Ryder Nurses and our work through fundraising, please call us on 0118 9550 433. We would be delighted to talk you through the different ways that you can help.

Our brilliant fundraisers keep us going, by providing vital funds which enable us to help as many people as possible, and by spreading the word about Sue Ryder and the work we do, so more people know about us and how we can help. Find out more about ways to support our work.

When you’re terminally ill, you don’t like to talk about sickness all the time to your friends, but with a befriender, you can. You have to have things to look forward to. I can’t tell you how much it’s made a difference, knowing that she’s coming tomorrow. I really enjoy her company, we get on like a house on fire. We never stop talking. It’s wonderful.

A patient who uses our befriending service

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