College of Health Care Chaplains
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The College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC) is the UK national professional association for Chaplains working in health care, including the NHS. The College was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of the Hospital Chaplains' Fellowship and the National Association of Whole Time Hospital Chaplains. It is formally linked to the Trade Union Amicus (aka Unite the Union) [1]. Articles written by CHCC members are published in the Journal of Health Care Chaplains (JHCC).
The current President of CHCC is the Revd Chris Swift, Head of Chaplaincy at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
There is a separate association for chaplains specialising in hospice work and palliative care, unsurprisingly called the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains (AHPCC).
Issues facing Chaplains in the UK's National Health Service at the present time include:
- Financial pressures [2]
- Provision of emergency out-of-hours on-call services
- The definition of spiritual care
- Professional accreditation
- The influence of counselling on the profession
