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Gillian Munro has been appointed at Head of Department of Spiritual and Religious Care in
NHS Tayside
 

SACH  Soundings
 No 13 March 2003

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Journal Update

The past year has seen significant activity nationally within chaplaincy and spiritual care in Scotland, not least of which was the publication of the long awaited Guidelines on Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the NHS in Scotland. In March this year the Church of Scotland's Board of National Mission is hosting a conference Chaplaincy for Tomorrow, at which the journal's editorial board will be represented. Add to these significant events the European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy we have not been struggling for ideas to develop the breadth and content of the Journal, just the usual difficulty of encouraging people to have the confidence to write.
Through the grapevine we heard of a change of editor for our sister organisation's journal: The College of Healthcare Chaplaincy (CHCC). The editorial board decided to approach the new editor, Simon Harrison, to develop a working relationship. The response was positive. We will begin by the editors exchanging copies of our respective journals. CHCC is likely to follow our model of an editorial board and once in place we can hopefully work to compliment each others work rather than compete, and so develop and fulfil our aim: to assist healthcare chaplains and healthcare workers as they strive to provide spiritual, religious, and pastoral care within the contemporary healthcare setting.

David Mitchell
Joint Editor
 

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Comings and Goings

Big changes are taking place in Aberdeen where Bill Campbell has retired from the Royal Cornhill Hospital. The advertisement for the post produced insufficient interest to interview and Muriel Knox has been deployed meantime, from the Grampian University Hospitals team to act as chaplain on a half time basis until July. Gillian Munro has been appointed to the Head of Department post in NHS Tayside and will leave Aberdeen at the end of March. Sylvia Spencer (the Aberdeen Episcopal Chaplain) and Marian Cowie (part time chaplain at the Aberdeen City Hospital) have been appointed to part time locum posts. The new chaplain appointed to the vacant post at the Southern General in Glasgow is expected to begin in July. At Easter time, Lorna Murray will be leaving the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and the Community Mental Health Chaplaincy to spend a year with her husband Derek at Bangalore in India.
 

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An invitation has been received from the College of Health Care Chaplains for members of SACH to participate in their Annual Study Course. SACH members will pay the same fee now as members of CHCC:£450.

7-10 July 2003
College of Health Care Chaplains
Annual Study Course 2003
"Reflecting Together"
University Hall, Cardiff University
Cost: (members) £450.00
(non-members) £510.00
The theme will be based on “Reflecting together” and will build sessions around this important aspect of chaplaincy work. The study course will be lead by Rev Preb Peter Speck, Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton and Hon Research Fellow, Department of Palliative Care and Policy, King’s College London.

Application form and programme from:
Rev Nick Flood, CHCC Treasurer,
Phone :01962 824906 (Direct Line)
E-mail: kammez@waitrose.com

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