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Things have been quieter over the last three months on the allied professions front, but very busy with the Christian HIV & AIDS Alliance (CHAA) and the Micah Challenge campaign. Christian Nurses and Midwives I am in the midst of registering Christian Nurses & Midwives (CNM) as a Charity. In...
Staff woes The Office team has felt under some health pressure over the last few months: Peter Armon, our Overseas Support Secretary broke his leg in February, and is only now beginning to travel in to the office from the South coast where he lives – email contact has been invaluable...
The 2005-2006 academic year has been one of massive change for CMF and the next twelve months may be the most challenging ever. Looking back there is a huge amount to thank God for. The fellowship's day to- day ministry has continued to bear great fruit due to God's grace...
The last year has seen major challenges, but also some significant encouragements in the field of medical ethics. In particular the successful opposition to the Joffe Bill and the creation of the Care Not Killing Alliance, in which CMF has played such a central role, may have laid a foundation...
Saline Solution Conferences in UK Since 2004, over 40 Saline Solution day conferences have been held in the UK with over 1,000 participants. The majority of the participants are CMF members but the conferences have also drawn in a number of doctors who are non-members, and other allied healthcare professionals....
Office Move We are increasingly aware that our tenure at Partnership House, 157 Waterloo Rd is coming to an end. The plans remain uncertain, although we are hoping that there will be further clarification over the summer as our landlord CMS's plans are confirmed; we could still be asked to...
ICMDA Hope in Christ As CMF News goes to press around 1,000 delegates will be sharing in the experience and fellowship of all the ICMDA World Congress in Sydney, Australia on 7-16 July 2006. The conference theme is 'Health and Hope'. Greater than just hope in numbers, is the hope...
God has been doing so many amazing things through and with CMF and Christian Junior Doctors it's hard to know which ones to write about. As a committee, we've been looking at ways of serving and equipping Christian junior doctors at all stages of their careers. Here are a few...
Congratulations John Geater - MBE for services to charity If you have recently received an award, a new appointment or postgraduate qualification please let us know for the next edition of CMF News. Obituaries Ann Dibb (q Liverpool 1971; d 2006) was a GP in St Austell, Cornwall. Agnes Gilruth...
News of our members working abroad We currently have 155 members working abroad, 14 currently in the UK on home assignments and 12 preparing to go abroad within the next nine months. At the same time 11 members have returned home at the end of their contracts overseas. Please continue...
The vision of PRIME's potential remains as strong as ever. To share the Lord's quality of professional and spiritual care with individual students or doctors may influence 5,000 patients per annum per professional career. To share that vision with an individual medical teacher may influence 200 students per annum, each...
The production of new books has proved challenging in the absence of a senior editor. Although the Executive Committee has agreed in principle to this appointment, it has been on hold due to the lack of a suitable person, the major organisational review and budgetary constraints.Without such an appointment, new...
Alex Bunn has settled in well as assistant student secretary. He will be overseeing summer teams and the national students' conference, amongst other things. This increase in capacity is already bearing fruit, for which we praise God. The national students' committee met on 8 April and it was an exciting...
