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Community Chaplaincy Listening Service
I am writing as the Coordinator of the Community Chaplaincy Listening Service in NHS Fife. This is a national programme run across all health boards in Scotland delivered by Spiritual …
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Forth Valley Sensory Centre is a unique place that has been helping people with sight and hearing loss across the Forth Valley region since 2006. The first place of its …
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Although a commitment to spiritual care exists in the curriculum of the Royal College of GPs for GP training and in the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice, describing what …
Read full article on Spiritual care in general practice: what’s happening in practice and training?Listening is the first step to tackling hate!
During the last week in January I had the honour of working with three survivors at various holocaust memorial events in Edinburgh and Falkirk. The survivors were Janine Webber (Holocaust), …
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Faith in Older People together with the Church of Scotland Guild has been working with an ecumenical group to consider the responses from different denominations as to how they support …
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During the 1990s, the NHS closed the many long-stay ‘geriatric’ wards and gave the monies to social services in order for them to fund the care of frail older people …
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Sustaining our spirits will become increasingly important as we cope with changes and concerns. FiOP’s focus will continue to be on making spiritual care matter to us as individuals and …
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A presentation at the ‘ONE STEP AT A TIME’ – Dementia and the Church Conference organised by Faith in Older People and the Church of Scotland Guild My name is …
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I’m delighted to be asked to write for FIOP about the importance of taking a human rights-based approach to policy development. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is by …
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“Social Isolation and Loneliness can affect anyone – at all ages and stages of life. As our society changes, there is increasing recognition of social isolation and loneliness as a …
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