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HOSPITAL/HEALTH
CARE CHAPLAINCY
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The Hospital Chaplaincies Council 1 To consider questions of policy and practice relating to spiritual ministrations to patients and staff in medical establishments and community care programmes referred to it by the Archbishops’ Council and/or the General Synod. 2 To provide information and advice to the dioceses in their negotiations with Health Authorities and Trusts on the appointment of hospital chaplains and on other National Health Service (NHS) matters; to visit and support dioceses involved in such negotiations; and to provide similar services to hospital chaplains in their relations with NHS management. 3 To respond promptly to enquiries from Chief Executives and Trusts regarding chaplaincy issues and the best practice for employment of Anglican clergy in the NHS. 4 To monitor and authorize, on behalf of the Church of England, the standards and content of training provided for hospital chaplaincy in cooperation with other Churches and chaplaincy organisations. 5 To work jointly with the Ministry Division in providing the personnel and expertise input from qualified chaplains in preparing theological students for their ministry to the sick in hospital and in the community. 6 To monitor matters affecting spiritual ministrations in all medical establishments and community care programmes, reporting to the Archbishops’ Council via the Mission and Public Affairs Division and/or the General Synod as and when required. 7 To act as a liaison between the Department of Health and the Church of England on all questions relating to spiritual ministrations in medical establishments and community care programmes. 8 To contribute, in cooperation with the Community and Public Affairs team of the Mission and Public Affairs Division, to the ongoing theological reflections on contemporary medic ethical and social issues. 9 To exchange information and advice in matter relating to hospital chaplaincy with other Christian Churches in the British Isles and abroad. 10 To use its contacts to encourage, facilitate coordinate and generally support opportunities for learning about hospital ministry. THE CHURCHES’ COMMITTEE FOR HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY In management relationships with the Department of Health and the NHS Executive the Council works cooperatively with the Free Churches Group of Churches Together in England and the Roman Catholic Church in this committee. The Chair of the CCHC also acts as the spokesperson and link with Churches Together in England. PUBLICATIONS Health Care Chaplaincy Standards, NHS Training Directorate, 1993. Health Care Chaplaincy Volunteers Handbook, Church House Publishing, 2000. Induction Guide for the use of Hospital Chaplains and Chaplains in Health Care, Church House Publishing, 1997. Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death, Church House Publishing, 1993. Link to:
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This page was updated 20 November 2010 |