06/10/2025
Joining Forces to Care for Hospice Patients Across Buckinghamshire
We are delighted to announce that Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity (FNHC) and South Bucks Hospice (SBH) merged on Friday, 3rd October. The newly merged charity will be called Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity.
Butterfly House, in High Wycombe, has been the home for South Bucks Hospice since 2017, and this building’s name will remain unchanged. Outpatient services will continue to support patients from the early stages of their journey through ill health to enhance their quality of life.
At the heart of the merger is our commitment to care for patients living with life-limiting illnesses, as well as supporting their families. Both hospice charities have a proud heritage dating back 40 years and have provided compassionate and expert care for thousands of patients. By bringing our much-loved charities together and working with our partners at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, we will operate more efficiently and be able to secure and ultimately expand hospice care services in our county.
Chief Executive, Jo Turner, who will lead the merged organisation, said:
“We announced earlier in the summer that Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity and South Bucks Hospice were in advanced talks about merging and were delighted by the warm response that we received to this news from the charities’ supporters.
“The services provided by both charities complement each other well. The merger will allow us to operate more efficiently, and over time, we will be able to offer even more support and care to patients and their loved ones.
“We know that we can rely on the local community to continue supporting us in this ambition through fundraising, donating to, and shopping in, our charity shops as well as all kinds of volunteering.”
To find out more, visit: https://fnhospice.org.uk/charity-news/ joining-forces-to-care-for-hospice-patients-across-buckinghamshire
