Welcome to AHPCC

Welcome to the AHPCC Website, a key resource for chaplains and anyone with an interest in spiritual palliative care.

"Where to find" guide to the website

About us

Here, you will find information about the AHPCC – who we are, what we do, our history, and information about our regional groups and their activities. This section is still developing.

Newsroom

Every month, we highlight media items that may be of interest. There is also a message board to allow the sharing of ideas. This section is due for further development.

Clinical Practice

The emphasis here is on sharing practical ideas and resources – everything from assessment tools and care plans, to prayers and poetry.

Study & Policy

This contains more academic items – book reviews, journal articles, and links to publications from related organisations. You will also find handouts and notes from previous AHPCC Conferences.

Professional & Recruitment

This contains professional standards, competencies, guidelines, code of conduct, and also current vacancies. For prospective employers, there are sample person specs, job descriptions and pay scale guidance to assist in recruitment, and also a vacancies section where posts can be advertised.

Courses & Conferences

Here, you can find details of coming training events and courses relevant to spiritual palliative care. You will also find up-to-date information about the AHPCC’s popular Annual Conference here.

Contacts & Links

If you need to contact the AHPCC, or would like to join, there are contact details and a booking form here.

Latest Developments

December 2011

Recent developments include:

The new “Where to find…” guide on this page

Regular Media Releases (in Newsroom)

Training Course updates (in Courses & Conferences)

A couple of vacancies (in Professional and Recruitment)

We’ve begun to include links to the UKBHC newsletter, which is published three times a year.

There’s a substantial expansion in ‘Professional and Recruitment’ of the Standards and Competencies to make proper sense of the various forms now in use.

Coming soon! It’s evident that the present format of the Message Board doesn’t encourage very much use, and we hope to make a substantial improvement to this in the New Year.

Prayers today