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More than just the physical: The renewal of vows for a very sick man
I had the immense privilege of taking a service for the renewal of marriage vows in the prayer room at Worcester Royal. Keith is very poorly, and he and Lizzie, his wife of 22 years had planned to...
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CHAPLAIN- A DAY IN THE LIFE: tears, laughs, tragedy
I have encouraged staff (unsucessfully in most cases) to share their stories of what they do and why they do it. And I thought you might be interested in mine. I arrived in work at 8am and had a bleep...
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The most heartbreaking of times: A family’s thanks in heartache
No words really for this. I wish I could tell you the beautuful little boy’s name but can’t. However, it is engraved on my heart and those who met him. He was still born 1 day before his due date. A...
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Sharing the Cloak: a Chaplaincy Volunteer speaks about her role
Sue Meredith is a chaplaincy volunteer. She comes in every week to visit patient and one regular Sundays to distribute Holy Communion. Here she speaks movingly of one encounter where she made a...
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Critical Care Unit: Thanks in Distressing Times
I have only experience Critical Care from the vantage point of a Chaplain. I can’t begin to imagine what it is like when your loved one is wired up to all the machinery in a state of lowered...
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Spread the Love! Where to from here?
TIME FOR AN UPDATE 13,700 views Inspiring Stories Comments from Staff as I meet them I am amazed. I thought a few hundred views might come as a result of my ramblings. I could not have imagined this...
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NEWS: Harriett Baldwin MP Visits WRH and Supports Chaplain’s Blog (Part 1)
Harriett Baldwin, Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire, kindly agreed to come to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on my invitation. She is a keen reader of the blog and a friend of the Acute...
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NEWS: Harriett Baldwin MP Visits WRH and Supports Chaplain’s Blog (Part 2)
See here http://www.harriettbaldwin.com/content/mp-spreads-%E2%80%98good-news%E2%80%99-worcestershire-royal or read below. MP spreads ‘Good News’ at Worcestershire Royal 11th June 2013 Harriett...
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Sparing our blushes…
I have just come back from 5 lovely straight days off, hence no blogging (that’s my rule!). And I received a wonderful hand written note posted under my door. Now humilty means that I cannot post it,...
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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...
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So 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...
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Break 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....
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Farewell 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...
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Retail 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...
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David 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...
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Hope 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...
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Treading 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...
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A 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...
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EVERY 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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