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CMF is a fellowship, which means we care for one another. The Pastoral Care Wellbeing and Mentoring Service has been growing over the last two years to expand how we work this out. We aim to listen well, pray faithfully, and signpost to the next steps when needed. We now...
Have you ever received a difficult complaint and wished there was somebody with whom you could talk and pray about it? Have you faced conflict in the workplace, struggled to cope with anti-social shifts, exams and keeping your friendship network going? Would you like to learn not only how to...
We presented data at last November's conference from the 2019 CMF Pastoral Care Survey. This highlighted the impact of overwork and high expectations in clinical care. The Survey also identified the presence of a perceived 'Church-Clinical Gap' - the difficulty clinicians encounter in accessing pastoral care in local churches. Pastoral...
Many thanks to those who have completed the National Pastoral Care Survey. Some early analysis suggests that a significant number of Christian doctors and nurses feel a need for pastoral support that is focussed and does not appear to be available in their church settings. Other major themes include managing...
Clinical care comes with a unique set of stresses. We enter into the worlds of our patients and experience their suffering 'by proxy'. Add to that the challenges of meeting needs that often cannot be met (continuous external scrutiny, peer pressure, uncontrollable workloads, dysfunctional institutional and professional relationships), and you...
A true-life story of living with faith and locked-in syndrome Andrew Davies, Barbara Davies and Emma Davies Malcolm Down Publishing, 2015, £8.99, 200pp, ISBN 01707880098 Reviewed by Steve Sturman, Consultant Neurologist (Neurorehabilitation) based in Warley, West Midlands This very honest book tells the story of Andrew, a successful dentist whose life is...
God has a heart concern for the defenceless and vulnerable (Psalm 82:3-4). It is a high calling to care for such people, but temptations to fail in this area are surprisingly great. The intensivist trying to run a service with limited beds or the physician with a budget deficit face...
