Voluntary organisation
Health
Hospice Malta
Hospice exists to provide and promote the highest standards of Palliative care for persons with cancer, motor neuron disease, end of life respiratory, cardiac, renal and liver disease, and also aims to help and support their families.
Hospice Malta’s primary role was to provide and promote palliative care for persons suffering from end-of-life cancer and motor neuron disease. Throughout the years, as the awareness and the need for palliative care increased, Hospice Malta included other conditions within its mission statement so that presently, community-based services are also offered to patients suffering from end-of-life cardiac, respiratory, renal, liver diseases and most recently, Creutzfeldt Jacob disease and Multiple sclerosis. The possibility of including other end-of-life diseases is also being constantly reviewed.
Hospice Malta, a registered NGO with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations (VO/0062), offers all of its services free of charge to patients in Malta and Gozo. The raison d’etre of Hospice Malta is guided by the philosophy and principles of palliative care as expounded by the WHO.
Hospice Malta offers its services through a professional multidisciplinary team along with the assistance of a number of volunteers. The patient-centered palliative care offered, targets the relief of pain and other physical symptoms, as well as emotional, psycho-social, and spiritual issues. Bereavement support is also an integral part of the services provided. Additionally, education, advice and promotion of palliative care remain at the core of Hospice Malta’s services. Hospice’s education unit provides educational sessions at both undergraduate and post graduate levels in addition to providing in-service training to staff and volunteers to ensure that they have the necessary knowledge and skills.
For more information visit their website.

Support needed
Volunteering
Volunteer with Hospice!
Equipment Garage Volunteer Assistants are needed to assist the Hospice Team on a weekly basis at the Hospice Garage in the morning during weekdays.
The role will involve
- Minor handling of light objects at Garage
- Cleaning of equipment when necessary
- Helping with clearing the garage
- Helping with giving out, and returns, of equipment to families
- Other light duties that might arise
Training for the role, as well as further details, will be provided to those persons interested in the role.
For more information, please contact phillip.zammit@hospicemalta.org or call 21440085