Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted

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Date:	1979-1998
History:	Its roots can be traced back to 1979, when a Berkhamsted lady, Pam MacPhearson, held a hospice vigil at St Peter's Anglican Church in Berkhamsted. After letters prompted local churches, chapels and the business community into fund-raising activities, it was Sister Lawlar, a nun resident at St Francis House, approached her Franciscan Order to ask if they could offer the property for sale to the project. This was accepted, and not long afterwards the hsopice began its activities. In 1985 it opened as a day care unit, and on 1 September 1986 it admitted its first patient. Over the year and following the purchase of adjacent property, the hospice expanded its range of services.
Places:	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Health and social care > Hospitals
References:	Hosprec; Paul Lydon, A Catalogue of Records Retained by Hospices and Related Organisations in the UK and republic of Ireland, European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, Research Gide Series 3, 1998
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C231788

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1979-1998: minutes, annual reports, correspondence, estate and administrative records, staff records, patients registers and case records	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development