Birmingham Hospices’ John Taylor Memorial unit cared for John in his last 8 months of life with compassion, warmth and dignity. His nurse Andy was a regular home visitor, bringing advice, honesty and humour into John’s care. The advice and guidance from the on-call nursing teams fortunately enabled John to avoid hospital admission several times. John and his family are very grateful to the various hospice teams for their invaluable and kind support in his last months of life.