Chaplaincy Cuts…What Cuts? David on Radio Hereford and Worcester
A report based conducted by the BBC via FOI requests has been published today about Chaplaincy provision within the NHS. It seems to show that: 39% of trusts had fewer chaplains in 2013 – or a lower...
View ArticleSo long and thanks for all…Fish
My colleague Rev Andrew Fisher (pictured above!) will be moving from being Chaplain at the Alexandra Hospital in August. I will miss him as a colleague, and his friendship and support. He has worked...
View ArticleBreak the Stereotype- See the Person: Frankie Cocozza, an MP, Ivy and Stan
Frankie Cocozza signs Charlie’s T-ShirtFrankie Cocozza hugs my daughter Suzy and likes her Fred Perry T-Shirt! Sometimes I think my life is weird and it seems to go from the sublime to the ridiculous....
View ArticleFarewell Fish: Rev’d Andrew Fisher moves on….
Spooky picture of Andrew! Not so spooky picture of Fish This is a sad month for me. My colleague and friend Rev’d Andrew Fisher will be leaving the Trust at the end of August. Andrew has been the...
View ArticleRetail Lessons from AGRO’S: How not to do customer service
I had some disappointing service the other day in a shop – let’s call it Agro’s. I had bought an item that said it would fit my lovely motorbike only to find it was too small. “Could I exchange it for...
View ArticleDavid Savaged by a Collie: Halloween Weekend Horror!
Teeth bared and ready to bite! I left the house at 7:40am on Sunday morning. No time to be up, especially on my 23rd Wedding Anniversary. The streets were quiet, it was a bright, crisp autumnal morning...
View ArticleHope in the Face of Adversity: A Christmas Baby
Baby SOPHIA with Mum Alice and Dad Ben (used with permission) In May I will have been at Worcestershire Royal Hospital as Chaplain for 5 years. And so every now and then I bump into people who I have...
View ArticleTreading in the Footsteps of Others: A Chaplain’s Compassion
Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice. I used to play a game on the beach with my daughter when she was younger. I would walk along the shoreline, barefooted in the wet...
View ArticleA Woman’s Courage: Patient’s Teach Lessons about the 6C’s Too!
Courage comes in many guises Courage comes in many guises. Immediately one thinks of the courage of our armed services in the theatre of battle. Or indeed the courage of those who face victimisation...
View ArticleEVERY DEATH MATTERS…
If I just treat things routinely, then please tell me to get another job! IF I ever think of anyone’s passing as “just another death” then it will be time to leave my job. Last weekend I was called...
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