West Midlands
‘Caring for the Spirit' NHS Healthcare Chaplaincy Collaboratives
- Shropshire & Staffordshire Collaborative
- Birmingham and the Black Country Collaborative
- West Midlands South Collaborative
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There are three ‘Caring for the Spirit' NHS Healthcare Chaplaincy Collaboratives in this SHA area. They were launched on March 30th 2006 at The Hilton Hotel, Bromsgrove.
‘Caring for the Spirit' NHS Healthcare Chaplaincy Collaboratives
1. Shropshire & Staffordshire Collaborative
- Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
- Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospitals NHS Trust
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Issues under discussion include:
- Discussion of the Collaborative Launch Event Report.
- The collection of data and its use in healthcare chaplaincy.
- Continuing professional development and the use of Action Learning Sets.
- Discussing and using the results of the Baseline Questionnaire sent out to chaplaincy departments in December 2005.
- One day training event about research development arranged by ‘Caring for the Spirit' and Staffordshire University.
- The implications of the NHS reorganisation on healthcare chaplaincy.
- Developing a collaborative framework in which to develop an evidence-based approach to our work.
Go to Shropshire & Staffordshire Collaborative page
2. Birmingham and the Black Country Collaborative
- Birmingham Children's Hospitals NHS Trust
- Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
- Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust
- Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust
- Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust
- Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust
Issues under discussion include:
- Discussing and using the results of the Baseline Questionnaire sent out to chaplaincy departments in December 2005.
- Discussion of the Collaborative Launch Event Report.
- Discussion about data collection and the development of a dataset.
- One day training event about ‘approaches to research' arranged by ‘Caring for the Spirit' and Staffordshire University.
- Discussion about how to profile a healthcare chaplaincy department and ‘putting the story (of what chaplains do) into text.'
- Discussion about holding a ‘Faith Conference' in 2007.
- Collaborative Steering Group.
Go to Birmingham and the Black Country Collaborative page
3. West Midlands South Collaborative
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
- South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- South Warwickshire PCT
Issues under discussion include:
- Discussion about data collection and the development of a dataset.
- Discussing and using the results of the Baseline Questionnaire sent out to chaplaincy departments in December 2005.
- One day training event about ‘approaches to research' arranged by ‘Caring for the Spirit' and Staffordshire University.
- Discussion about data collection and the development of a dataset.
- The implications of the NHS reorganisation on healthcare chaplaincy.
- Developing a service model of what chaplains do and communicating it to patients, staff, managers, community organisations and groups.
Go to West Midlands South Collaborative page