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Keech Hospice Care & Bedford Daycare Hospice – Charity Merger

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Merger Consultancy: Liz Searle, Keech Hospice Care CEO discusses the rationale, process & outcome.

Eastside People Merger Consultancy: Liz Searle, Keech Hospice Care CEO discusses the rationale, process & outcome.

Hear Liz speaking as a panellist at our Good Merger Index launch.

Summary

  • It had always been part of Keech Hospice Care’s strategy to work in partnership and they had been working closely with Bedford Daycare Hospice before the thought of a merger came about
  • Eastside People won the contract to provide experienced consultancy resources to facilitate a merger implementation and due diligence process
  • Experienced in merger project planning, guidance, and facilitation, Eastside People consultant John Gibbons was appointed to lead and manage the project
  • After a thorough due diligence process, the project has been completed and the merger of the 2 highly respected charities was announced on 6th June 2023.

The Project

Bedford Daycare Hospice is an independent charity which provides holistic day care to adults in north and mid Bedfordshire living with a life-limiting condition. It has a physical hospice site in Linden Road, Bedford. Keech Hospice Care provides care for adults in Luton and south Bedfordshire, and children throughout Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Its hospice site is in Luton. Care is provided to patients in the hospice, their own homes, hospitals, schools and wherever support is needed the most.

Eastside People won the contract to provide experienced consultancy resources to facilitate a merger implementation and due diligence process

Experienced in merger project planning, guidance, and facilitation, Eastside People consultant John Gibbons was appointed to lead and manage the project including:

  • Managing client relationships and delivery of Eastside People’s services
  • Ensuring the project delivered upon its objectives including high quality outputs, sticking to the timetable, managing and meeting milestones and within budget
  • Managing communications including identifying any problems and highlighting successes.

“Now when I see services starting to expand in the local area… I feel great pride…It’s so exciting.”

Liz Searle, CEO, Keech Hospice Care

Hear what Liz Searle, CEO of the two merged hospices has to say about the merger project and the end results:

 

Both hospices were already well-known for the outstanding quality of care they provide. The merged operation was announced on 6th June 2023, and has resulted in a successful merger between Keech Hospice Care & Bedford Daycare Hospice.

Merging the two organisations helped the two hospices to reach and support more patients throughout their community and to attract and retain outstanding clinical professionals, staff and volunteers. The merger serves to strengthen and enhance their current range of services and their combined efforts ensure even more people in the community can benefit.

All jobs at both organisations remained. Both hospice sites remained open and in their current locations, and retail stores run by Bedford Daycare Hospice and Keech Hospice Care continue to operate as normal.

“One of the things we had was a ‘Reasons to believe’ document which just reminded us why we were doing it.”

“There was a presentation by the staff in the former charity talking about the difference the merger had made to them… the care they could give to patients…It was so lovely to hear the difference it had made.”

“Now when I see services starting to expand in the local area… I feel great pride…It’s so exciting.” Liz Searle, CEO, Keech Hospice Care

 

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