A Statutory Body of the 
To become the hospital of choice for oncology and palliative care, through the provisions of superior services to patients with cancer at all stages of their illness, and to educate health professionals and the wider community.
Our mission will be operationalised through the following goals:
Working together to achieve excellence in oncology and palliative care
Hope Institute, which was the brainchild of the Jamaica Cancer Society, opened its doors in March 1963 as a free hospital for cancer patients. It started out as a 52-bed hospital and was managed by consultative committee. The aim of the Cancer Society was to provide treatment and care, comparable to that available in private institutions and facilities overseas, at little or no charge to cancer patients. The Institute function as hospice a which facilitated the furthering of cancer treatment, working in tandem with the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).