Hospice to close due to financial pressures

Shalom House helped people for almost 18 years

A hospice is closing at the end of October because of financial pressures.

Shalom House Hospice, in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, said on social media a lack of funding meant there was "no alternative" to closing.

The charity was set up in 1997, with a house on Nun Street given to it to be used as a hospice.

Shalom House opened in November 2007, providing palliative support to patients and their relatives across Pembrokeshire for almost 18 years.

Emma Sutton, 46, from St Davids, said the charity helped her mother at the end of her life.

"When I found out this week that they're having to close, it broke my heart," she said.

She dubbed such charities "priceless."

Emma says her Shalom House helped her mum "so much" towards the end of her life

Dean of St Davids Cathedral, the Very Rev Sarah Rowland Jones, said Shalom House had been "fundamental".

She said: "One of the things that really worries me is... the adequate funding of good palliative care."

A Shalom House spokesman said: "We will always be proud of what has been achieved here."