The NHS Grampian Spiritual Care Committee meets at least four times a year to support the integrated planning and delivery of spiritual care services within Grampian.

The remit of the Committee is to:

• Provide advice on and a forum for developing NHS Grampian's spiritual care policy and overseeing its implementation and review.
• Promote the integration of Spiritual Care in the daily aspects of NHS care provision.
• Maintain partnership between local service providers, spiritual care staff and local faith communities.
• Provide an advisory function to those giving spiritual care.
• Oversee the process for the appointment of spiritual care staff.
• Receive the annual departmental report and seek feedback from faith communities, its constituent members etc.

 

Membership

Membership comprises representatives of:

• The main faith communities in Grampian
• Patients or members of the public
• NHS staff
• Spiritual care staff and volunteers
• People without specified religious beliefs.

Together with:

• The Head of Spiritual Care appointed by NHS Grampian
• Other managers with responsibility for spiritual care

A Board Member of NHS Grampian acts as convener.

 

Spiritual Care Policy

Contact

To contact the Spiritual Care Committee: 

E-mail: gram.spiritualcarecommittee@nhs.scot

Published: 04/05/2021 11:00