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The UK is set to get its first LGBTQ+-dedicated hospice. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The UK is set to get its \u201cfirst dedicated hospice for LGBTQ+ people\u201d in East Sussex, which is set to be a \u201clandmark development\u201d for the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Sussex Beacon, a Brighton-based charity supporting those living with HIV, has announced it is set to become the UK\u2019s first-ever dedicated hospice<\/a> for the queer community in Sussex<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Set to be delivered with support from the NHS, The Sussex Beacon\u2019s hospice will be providing \u201cinclusive palliative care\u201d with a specialist focus on HIV care. It also positions itself as \u201ca national resource, helping other hospices improve their services for LGBTQ+ patients\u201d, CEO Rachel Brett said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n A 2023 \u201cI Just Want to Be Me\u201d report<\/a> from Hospice UK found that trans and gender-diverse people often find healthcare unwelcoming, due to being subjected to \u201cconfusion over identity and instances of poor care\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cThe Sussex Beacon is uniquely placed to change that,\u201d Brett added.<\/p>\n NHS Sussex has supported the announcement, with deputy chief medical officer Dr Amy Dissanayake adding: \u201cIn addition to the hospice care, their experience in providing specialist community care for people living with HIV is invaluable and fully supports our ambition to bring care out of hospitals where possible and into communities.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to continuing to work with the team at The Sussex Beacon to make this a reality for our population.\u201d<\/p>\n A Q&A about the development on The Sussex Beacon website adds that while its \u201ccommunity-based services will remain, supporting individuals living with HIV,\u201d it will also ensure patients can be referred or signposted to other specialists.\u00a0<\/p>\n MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, Chris Ward, added: \u201cThe Beacon has a proud place in the heart of the local community.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spoken with so many service users who said they owed everything to the Beacon, so I\u2019m delighted that this new service model means it can continue to provide excellent HIV services and hospice care across Sussex.\u201d<\/p>\n Share your thoughts!\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n How did this story make you feel?<\/p>\n \n \ud83d\udd25 \n \u2764\ufe0f \n \ud83d\ude0a \n \ud83d\ude10 \n \ud83d\ude21 \n \ud83d\ude22 \n Sending reaction…\n <\/p>\n \n Thanks for your feedback!\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK is set to get its first LGBTQ+-dedicated hospice. (Getty Images) The UK is set to get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,28170,27569,28171,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-50812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-hospice","11":"tag-lgbt","12":"tag-sussex","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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