Kevin Vaughan writes:

Saline Solution (integrating faith and practice)

I recently heard Sarah Mullally, the Chief Nursing Officer, speak at a conference on ‘Spirituality, Faith and Health - an NHS Perspective’. Those attending included doctors, nurses, university lecturers, managers and chaplains, a few of whom were Hindus or Muslims. There was universal recognition of the need to develop services to meet the spiritual needs of patients within the NHS. How important it is for us to know how to witness for Christ in this situation. We need the Holy Spirit’s guidance to know how to get involved and articulate our faith in a relevant way.

At the recent ICMDA European Conference, there was much interest in Saline Solution and it seems likely that several national Christian medical organisations may take a leaf out of our book and develop similar programmes of their own. It’s infectious!