Edinburgh from Calton Hill take the number 25 bus

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Edinburgh from Calton Hill take the number 25
bus!
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Aberdour Distillery the smallest in the world -
near Pitlochry (take the train!)
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Chairpersons Meanderings

• Introduction to Scotland
• The NHS in Scotland
• The sick man of Europe
• Spiritual health?
• Chaplaincy in NHS Scotland
• Its hard being a child in the UK today
• Signs of Hope
• Learning from the child?

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John Knox, reformer of the Scottish Church, and
one of the creators of Presbyterianism
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The General Assembly of The Church of Scotland
in the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh
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Rangers are the Protestant team and Celtic are
the Catholic team. How can you spot these
people? Well it isn't too hard. All celtic fans
will be carrying Irish flags and wearing green,
and all Ranger fans will be carrying Union flags
or Red Hand of Ulster flags and wearing blue.
Both sets of fans will generally be carrying
buckfast and some may be carrying knives or
screw-drivers or hammers
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The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood,
Edinburgh
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The new Victoria ACAD Hospital, Glasgow
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The new South Glasgow Hospital?
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Boys in Glasgow Gorbals in 1960s
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• a hospital chaplain, the hushed outsider at the
  foot of the bed, who observes pressures from all
  sides, including the fatalism of patients who
  intend to drink or smoke themselves towards
  further catastrophe.

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• Weve got vast pockets of poverty, not just
  financial poverty but spiritual poverty,
  intellectual poverty. Weve got an underclass and
  there is no imagination in how to deal with it.
• (Jim Sillars, The Sunday Times, 17/07/06)

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• Spiritual care addresses the fundamental human
  need to have a sense of peace, security and hope
  particularly in the context of injury, illness or
  loss.
• Spiritual care is offered and usually given in a
  one-to-one relationship, is person centered and
  makes no assumptions about personal conviction or
  life orientation.
• Religious care is an aspect of spiritual care and
  is given in the context of shared religious
  beliefs, values, liturgies and lifestyle of a
  faith community.
• (NHS HDL (2002) 76, paragraph 3)

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• Undertake and document a comprehensive,
  systematic and accurate nursing assessment of
  physical, psychological, social and spiritual
  needs of patients, clients and communities.
• (NMC Standards of Proficiencies for Nursing)

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• A woman the chaplain was visiting in a surgical
  ward would endure extreme pain for a few seconds.
  
• The conversation would halt and the chaplain
  would wait until she was ready to continue.
• Suddenly the patient grabbed the chaplains hand
  (which had been carefully placed so that it could
  be grabbed if so wished!), closed her eyes and
  went rigid.
• Chaplain and patient sat in silence. When she
  felt ready to speak all she said was Thank you
  for not walking away when I was in pain.

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• The chaplain on the childrens ward met a boy of
  10 on his own in the four bedded bay. The
  chaplain said hello and asked what video he was
  watching. They had a chat and as the chaplain
  listened she felt she had to ask him if
  everything was OK.
• Ive got a cold, he said, through a runny nose
  and watery eyes.
• Are you sure its a cold? asked the chaplain.
  
• The boy shook his head he now knew that this
  strange woman who wasnt a nurse knew that hed
  been crying.
• Whats up? asked the lady.
• I dont want to go home. I like it here.

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Six areas to measure child welfareUNICEF Report
Card 7 Child Poverty in Perspective An
Overview of Child Wellbeing in Rich Countries

• material well-being
• health and safety
• educational well-being
• family and peer relationships
• behaviours and risks
• subjective well-being.

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UNICEF Report Card 7 Child Poverty in
Perspective An Overview of Child Wellbeing in
Rich CountriesChildren in the UK some facts

• 17 live in single parent households
• 56 felt they could talk to their parents about
  problems
• 65 said their parents made them feel loved
• 40 had sex by age 15
• Almost 1/3 of 11, 13 15 year olds report having
  been drunk 2 or 3 times
• Over 20 rate their health as poor
• Subjective sense of well-being lowest in UK and
  Poland highest in Netherlands, Spain and Greece

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• We dont behave terribly well to children in
  our society. We tend to treat them as a
  nuisance, as antisocial. We try to control them
  and we imprison them in large numbers. It is
  important that childrens wellbeing is dealt with
  now because it is not good. Goodness knows what
  kind of adults they will become.
• (Prof. J Bradshaw in The Herald 14/02/07)

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NCH Growing Strong

• The emotional well-being of children and young
  people in the UK seems to be deteriorating
  childrens personal interactions are declining,
  drug and alcohol use is rising, mental health is
  deteriorating, and anti-social behaviour and
  conduct disorder are on the increase.

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• 100 increase in prevalence of emotional problems
  since early 1990s (Institute of Psychiatry)
• Having good peer relationships is protective
  against teen motherhood for girls but girls in
  the UK do not find their peers kind and helpful
• Number of 15-17 year olds in custody has doubled
  in last 10 years

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Royal Navy Chaplain Thomas Goodwin
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• I wanted to give children an individual fitness
  experience that would encourage them to think
  about their own progress and own abilities I
  thought it would help them overcome some body
  image concerns it was a way of giving children a
  space to be quiet (at times.)

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'Today in yoga we done the warrior. I thought it
was very hard but I did succeed and I was very
proud.' Girl 12

• 'Today in yoga we done the warrior. I thought it
  was very hard but I did succeed and I was very
  proud.'
• Girl 12

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• 'This week we done something that needed much
  more concentration. It is called the Balanced
  eagle (Garudasana) I enjoyed the balanced eagle
  because it was a challenge.
• After that we done the seated twist which was
  hard but I got better at it. Today was best
  because it was a big challenge.' Boy, 12

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• 'Since we have been doing yoga I am doing stuff
  like sit-up press-up and even skipping and eating
  properly thank you.'
• Boy 12

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Children in India