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SACH  Soundings
 No 11 September 2002

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JOURNAL UPDATE

In the past year the Editorial Board has been working hard to keep pace with change. We have added to our number to help keep the board representative of chaplaincy in its different settings, and we’re about to appoint our first chaplain from Europe as a consulting editor. He is Fr Stavros Kofinas from Athens who was also recently elected as co-ordinator of the European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy. (See Page 2-3) So much seems to be happening in chaplaincy and spiritual care at present that it’s hard to keep up. The long awaited new guidelines for trusts are going to have a profound impact and are more directive and clear than many of us imagined they would be. The last issue (Vol. 5 No 1 2002) was a weighty one and received very positive reviews. We also had to reprint following a request from the Scottish Office for a number of copies to issue to all NHS Trusts. Now that the long awaited guidelines are to be published we hope that chaplains will write and tell us of their experiences and expectations. As well as encouraging the submission of articles we also have a letters page that has never been used!!!
The Editorial Board works hard to encourage submissions and at present most articles are commissioned. We know that around the country there are many small projects and exciting developments in terms of spiritual care and chaplaincy. We would be really interested to hear of them. We are happy to offer advice on your ideas, we give constructive criticism where needed, and in our experiences most authors welcome some suggestions for improvement or restructuring and are pleased with the end result.
At the risk of blowing our own trumpet it is encouraging to know that our readership is growing and the comments we get on the professional look and content of the journal are very positive.
At present we are looking at papers to be submitted by February and June 2003, for publication in Volume 6. No’s 1 & 2. Put your ideas on paper, contact us and be prepared to be enthused and encouraged.

David Mitchell & Georgina Nelson (Editors)
journal@sach.org.uk

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