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The Bulletin is published every four months inform colleagues about the work being undertaken by the Council and its Committees.
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MULTI-FAITH
GROUP FOR HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY
BULLETIN 5-May 2004 Chairman: Chief
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Welcome to the Bulletin of the Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy (MFGHC). This Bulletin is distributed every four months to inform colleagues about the work being undertaken by the Council and its Committees. "Standards for Better Health" - the Department of Health's consultation on Health Care Standards for services under the NHS The Council endorsed the submission made on their behalf in response
to this consultation exercise. This focused on the need for explicit
reference to spiritual healthcare of which no reference had been made
in the NHS standards. Concern had also been expressed that such a standard
for spiritual healthcare should be core and not just developmental. Launch events for Caring for the Spirit Members were thanked for the offers of help to cover the five presentations with South Yorkshire WDC. Barney Leith reported on the first of these in Billingham where attendees had expressed great interest in the subject matter generally and support for the work of the MFGHC. Other events were planned for Taunton, London, Sheffield and Redditch The final version of the strategy implementation plan was available to members on request. Barbara Walsh commented that, although this was essentially a management document, it encapsulated a great deal of the substantial progress which was being made in spiritual healthcare. [More]
The Council was disappointed that the Department of Health had turned down its application for support in the form of a grant under section 64 for the years 2004-07. Mr John James indicated that his commitments had lessened with the completion of other projects and that he intended to undertake the review of the central allocation in the near future. Arrangements are therefore being made for these meetings to be progressed in the near future. Developing an educational framework for spiritual healthcare The meeting to develop the educational framework for spiritual healthcare has been set for mid-September at a venue in London. The day was to be lead by Jill Brunt of the NHSU and would bring together a number of issues for SYWDC and individual faith groups and bodies. The Council discussed and approved a paper setting out the process for the election of Honorary Officers. The amended copy would be circulated to members and added to the constitution. The timetable envisaged that elections for the Chair would take place
in September, the Vice-Chair in October and the Co-Chairs of Committees
in November. Marshalling resources for world faith chaplaincies and multi-faith chaplaincy The trawl letter prepared by the Co-Chairs of the Education Committee had been circulated widely within the community of chaplains. There has been a good response and some interesting and helpful resources were becoming available. A small sub-group is meeting to review the content of the material submitted probably during July. In discussion, it has been agreed that the remit of the Group should
be regarded as including England and Wales until otherwise indicated. Awayday to prepare draft standards for spiritual healthcare Ron Maddox reported that 20 chaplains and members had met in March for a day drafting standards for spiritual healthcare. These were being prepared for discussion by the Committee in July prior to submission to the Council and consultation with NHS bodies Individual membership of MFGHC The Council noted that there was increasing personal interest amongst chaplains in the work being undertaken by the MFGHC and that recognition of this support could be given by enabling an individual membership of MFGHC There was strong support for this proposal which would enable the current rapport with colleagues to become more vital and interactive. At the same time, it was recognised that individual membership of MFGHC should not overlap with membership of other membership bodies. There was however a need to make the association between chaplains and MFGHC more direct. Members were anxious that there should not be a confusion between the
work of the MFGHC and that of the College of Health Care Chaplains.
After further discussion, it was agreed to review this initiative in
the light of the outcome of the meeting of all parties planned for later
in the month. There was discussion of the workload engendered by the Council's activities and consideration of ways to lessen this. There was concern at the refusal of grant aid by the Department of Health but determination that this should not undermine the work which the Group had initiated. Members' offer to help wherever possible was gratefully received. The Council agreed to meet again on Wednesday 8th September 2004 and Tuesday 18th January 2005 Communicating the work of the MFGHC The MFGHC has established a website [www.mfghc.com] where its work will be highlighted. It intends to publish an e-bulletin about its progress every four months. For routine communication, Edward Lewis can be contacted at:
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