Sue Ryder Care

Sue Ryder care was founded in 1953 by Sue Ryder herself. Sue Ryder Care is a charity providing compassionate care to people with end of life and long-term care needs and is a leading UK provider of palliative and neurological care as well as homecare. Sue Ryder Care provides expert care where people need it, maximising and supporting their choices and independence.

Who do we help?

Each year we provide 4 million hours of care to people with cancer, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease, stroke and dementia. We deliver specialist caring services in people's own homes, in the community, in the hospices and care centres enabling people to manage their treatment and live their lives to the full.

Through innovation and research they aim work to improve standards in long-term and end of life care. Sue Ryder Care has recently received government recognition for improving end of life care for people with long-term conditions and the research achieved through the partnership with the University of Nottingham, which is extending skills and knowledge across the sector.

Sue Ryder Care also supports the international work undertaken by sister charities across Europe and southern Africa.

How do we work?

There are 7 neurological centres, 6 hospices and a growing homecare service in 12 areas across the UK. The care given caters for the whole of an individual’s needs be they social, psychological, physical or spiritual. Sue Ryder Care staff work in partnership with health and social care professionals to offer person-centred care. This approach meets the needs of the physical conditions and wellbeing of the people in care whilst supporting carers, friends and families. Sue Ryder Care also supports the international work by fundraising and supporting programme activities in sister charities.

Why support us?

Since 1953, Sue Ryder Care has played a leading role in influencing national and international policy debates and stimulating the evolution of care services in the UK as well as developing countries. It continues to be a leading healthcare specialist in the UK. The international work that Sue Ryder Care supports occurs in some of the most difficult circumstances of poverty, conflict and political turmoil. Overseas partners play an important role in providing palliative care, residential care for disabled people and older people, and community-based nursing for people with chronic conditions.

Aims for the Future:

The Sue Ryder Care Centre for Palliative and End of Life Studies is a leading provider of palliative and end of life care research and education. Through its research the centre seeks to make a valuable contribution to policy and practice in previously under researched areas of palliative and end of life care.

It is estimated that each year 300,000 people with neurological conditions do not receive the care they need. Sue Ryder Care's PINC project adapts established end of life care tools for people living with neurological conditions, in order to develop better care and support.

Sue Ryder Care
114-118 Southampton Row
London, WC1B 5AA
Phone: +44 207 400 0440
Fax: +44 207 400 0441
info@suerydercare.org