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Who We Are

HCA Hospice (HCA) is Singapore’s largest home hospice care provider and is a registered charity since 1989. As a charity, we provide comfort and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, nationality and financial status.

Our core service, home hospice care, is provided at no charge to about 3,600 patients annually. As our patients vary from newly-born infants to the elderly, we also operate a Day Hospice programme for mobile patients and paediatric palliative care (Star PALS) programme for children as part of our core services. Our 24/7 hotline ensures help is available round-the-clock.

Besides medical care for patients, we provide psychological support for our patients and their caregivers as well, in the form of bereavement support and outreach programmes. As an NCSS Centre of Specialisation for palliative care, we conduct palliative care training for caregivers to equip them with the requisite skills.

HCA's Strategic Directions for FY22-26

In the next five years, we aim to deepen the quality of patient-centred and family-focused hospice care through targeted care and support models. By adopting robust research principles and practices, we endeavour to establish HCA’s thought and practice leadership in the home hospice space.

To achieve these strategic directions, we are adopting a multi-pronged approach:

  1. Leverage on strong foundations and continual innovation.
  2. Prioritise depth and quality care.

  3. Foster greater collaboration.

Our Vision

To be the centre of excellence for home hospice care.

Our Mission

HCA Hospice is committed to
Ensuring the best quality of life for our patients by delivering professional palliative care and providing compassionate support to their families.
Nurturing the dedicated individuals who make our work possible and serve our community through continued learning and development.

Our Purpose

HCA Hospice exists to promote and provide skilled and compassionate hospice care of the highest quality, providing hands-on care and vital emotional support. We are also here for the people closest to our patients, offering support on all aspects of dying, death and bereavement.

Our Values

Compassion – We care deeply for and act with kindness, consideration and care with our patients, their loved ones, our colleagues and ourselves. 

Professionalism – We are reliable, committed to seeking higher standards, care about every aspect of our job and hold ourselves accountable for our thoughts, words and actions.

Respect – We recognise the value, dignity and rights of each individual and treat them with consideration, fairness and courtesy.

Collaboration – We support each other with our varied expertise, overcoming our differences to achieve a common goal.

Integrity – We are honest, ethical, and trustworthy in all dealings.

Our Logo

Our corporate logo depicts our service philosophy.
The stylised Chinese character for
is used here both as a symbol and a design element to reflect that we are an organisation that is human-centric. The logo’s house-like shape highlights our service as the largest palliative home care provider with the stylised character sitting on the organisation’s name like a roof of a house. The colour pink is associated with the universal love of others, and also depicts tenderness.

Our Roots

Corporate Information

HCA Hospice Limited

UEN: 202114297R
Date of Establishment: 22 April 2021
Charity Registration Date: 4 January 2022
Type of entity: Company Limited by Guarantee
IPC Status: 4 January 2022 (Last renewal approved with validity till 30 September 2025)
Auditors: Baker Tilly TFW LLP

Awards And Accolades

We are committed to organisational excellence and delivering high-quality service. To date, our healthcare professionals have garnered numerous Healthcare Humanity Awards, Ministry of Health Nurses’ Merit Awards and ILTC Excellence Service Awards.
As an organisation, we have been conferred the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Award in 2013, the Good Practice Merit Award for Productivity and Innovation in 2015 and also the Charity Transparency Award in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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