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St Anne's Hospice is owned by the Sister's of St Joseph of Annecy, who are it's Trustees. After many years of identifying the need to have a facility to provide specialist palliative care within the region, the Sister's made the decision to dedicate part of their existing private, fee paying, Hospital to the free provision of this care.

In the early 1990's the existing maternity wing of the hospital was demolished and a new Hospice was constructed and then opened in September of 1994 in the grounds of St Joseph's Hospital, Malpas, Newport.

The aim of the hospice is to provide a high standard of care delivered by a multi-disciplinary professional team, respecting the patient's individual and family needs.

St Anne's Hospice is an In Patient, Specialist Palliative Care unit. It has eight operational beds(although registered for ten beds). Due to our limited resources we concentrate on providing an 'In Patient' service for adult patients who have been referred with a life limiting illness. We can provide occasional respite but do not provide day hospice facilities or community palliative care.

The Hospice is still the only 'In Patient' facility of it's kind in the whole of the county of Gwent and has affectionately become known as the 'People's Hospice'. It provides care and support to the people of Gwent, which includes the boroughs of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouth, Newport and Torfaen, who have a progressive, life limiting disease, such as Cancer, Motor Neurone disease, etc. A patient may be admitted to St Anne's following referral from their general practitioner or hospital consultant, providing the criteria for admission is met. The Hospice is a special place and imparts a special relationship with all who are touched by it.