Nigel Sykes

The name ‘Hospice’ has always had connotations of a journey, whether a medieval pilgrimage or what Dame Cicely characterised as a ‘journey of the spirit’. She also reflected on the links between ‘Hospice’ and ‘hospitality’, the welcome of a home.


This is the light over my front door, a welcome home at the end of a journey.

Dr Nigel Sykes

Medical Director, St Christopher’s Hospice,


London, UK