| Date |
Program |
Description |
| 2007 |
Singapore Hospice Council |
Accreditation of Palliative Medicine as a Subspecialty |
| 2004 |
Singapore Hospice Council |
1st Singapore Hospice Council Biennial Scientific Meeting |
| Sept 2002 |
Metta Hospice Care |
Full membership of SHC |
| Jul 2002 |
Bright Vision Hospital |
Full membership of SHC |
| Jun 2002 |
Bright Vision Hospital |
Opened 32 hospice beds |
| Jul 2001 |
Methodist Hospice Fellowship |
Full membership of SHC |
| Jul 2001 |
Metta Hospice Care |
Started home care service |
| Aug 2000 |
Assisi Hospice |
Established Children's Day Care Centre |
| May 1999 |
Department of Palliative Medicine established at the National Cancer Centre. |
Dr Cynthia Goh appointed as Head of the Department |
| Feb - Mar 1996 |
2nd International Asia Pacific Hospic Conference held in Singapore. |
Attended by Dame Cicely Saunders and 550 participants from countries |
| Dec 1995 |
Hospice Care Association |
Opened Day Care Centre |
| Oct 1995 |
Hospice Care Association |
Moved from 26 Dunearn Road to Hospice Centre at 12 Jalan Tan Tock Seng |
| Sep 1995 |
Dover Park Hospice |
Opened 40 beds |
| May 1995 |
Singapore Hospice Council |
Registered as a charity with 5 full members |
| Aug 1993 |
Assisi Hospice |
Opened Day Care Centre. |
| Aug 1993 |
St Joseph's Home and Hospice |
Moved to a new building at 921 Jurong Road |
| Jun 1993 |
Assisi Hospice |
Started home care service |
| 1993 |
Dover Park Hospice (DPH) and Hospice Care Association (HCA) |
Decision to build Hospice Centre as joint venture of DPH and HCA |
| 1992 |
Methodist Hospice Fellowship |
Name changed from Agape Fellowship |
| Nov 1992 |
Dover Park Hospice |
DPH registered as a charity |
| Feb 1992 |
Assisi Hospice |
Convent remodeled to provide 31 hospice beds and 8 long stay beds |
| Dec 1990 |
Hospice Care Association |
Moved to 26 Dunearn Road |
| Jan 1990 |
Hospice Care Association |
Funding from Community Chest of Singapore |
| Dec 1989 |
Hospice Care Association |
Registered as an independent charity providing hospice home care |
| Oct 1989 |
First Asia Pacific Hospice Conference held in Singapore |
Attended by 250 participants from 10 countries |
| 1989 |
Agape Home and Hospice |
Later to become Methodist Hospice Fellowship |
| Nov 1988 |
Assisi Hospice |
12 beds allocated for terminally ill patients in Khoo Block |
| 1988-1990 |
Department of Community Medicine, University of Western Australis, Perth |
11 Singaporean nurses' completed a 3-month resident course in palliative care |
| Jan 1988 |
SCC Hospice Care Group |
Ms Chua Lee Kiang employed as Nurse Co-ordinator |
| Mar 1987 |
Singapore Cancer Society (SCC) |
Hospice Care Group established to provide home care |
| Jul 1986 |
Article in the Straits Times about the work at St Joseph's Home |
144 responses from the public. From this group the first volunteer hospice home care group was formed |
| 1985 |
St Joseph's Home, Jurong |
16 beds set aside for terminally ill patients |
