Health related articles

  1. 'I spent three days laid on my front - the only way I could breathe. I lay there and prayed'

    29/07/2021

    Revd Jo Haine, from the Diocese of Salisbury, describes living with Long Covid

  2. 'We must not gamble with vulnerable people's lives' - the Church of England's adviser on medical ethics responds to calls for 'doctor assisted dying'

    14/09/2021

    Revd Dr Brendan McCarthy, the Church of England's National Adviser on Medical Ethics, Health and Social Care Policy, sets out the Church of England's response to calls for 'doctor assisted dying'

  3. Bishops and church leaders target Covid vaccination misinformation

    18/02/2021

    Church leaders speak out in support of NHS-backed vaccination campaign

  4. Bishops back women's Down’s Syndrome legal challenge

    06/07/2021

    A group of bishops have offered their support to two women behind a legal challenge to be heard at the High Court to the law relating to abortion and Down's Syndrome.

  5. Bishops join calls for emergency G7 meeting to tackle vaccine ‘hoarding’

    21/09/2021

    Church of England backing calls for the leaders of the world’s richest countries to halt the 'hoarding' of COVID-19 vaccines while billions of people have yet to be jabbed.

  6. Church of England backs VaccinAid campaign to ‘Give the World a Shot’ to help defeat Covid-19

    22/03/2021

    Church of England supporting launch of ‘VaccinAid’ campaign which offers people a practical way to give thanks for their Covid-19 jab by helping fund the biggest vaccination drive in history

  7. Church of England updates advice on coronavirus

    10/03/2020

    Clergy are being advised not to share the chalice and to encourage worshippers not to shake hands during the ‘Sign of the Peace’ in services, as part of updated guidance on coronavirus issued by the Church of England.

  8. Dementia friendly first for churches

    14/03/2019

    COMMENT / Deanery becomes first in the country to have full-house of dementia friendly churches

  9. Faith leaders warn of risk to vulnerable posed by Assisted Dying Bill

    20/10/2021

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster warn today of the risk to vulnerable people should Parliament back a new attempt to change the law on assisted suicide.

     

  10. Guidance for parishes on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    13/02/2020

    The Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs division has published advice to parishes on practical steps to reduce the risk of infection from Coronavirus (COVID-19).