Do you have questions about faith at work?

• Is talking about faith legitimate?
• Is it good medicine?
• Is it practical?
• Would I have time?
• How can I learn more?

The medical literature increasingly recognises the important link between spirituality and health. Yet many Christian health professionals feel frustrated by the challenge of integrating faith and practice within the time constraints and legal obligations of the workplace. GMC guidelines approve discussions of faith issues with patients provided it is done appropriately and sensitively.

Christians are called to be 'the salt of the earth' flavouring life with grace and truth. Saline Solution is a one-day course designed to help Christian healthcare professionals become more comfortable addressing a person's spiritual needs in a clinical context. There is a mixture of teaching and small group discussion.

The course will take place from 10:30 (UK time) on Saturday, 8 February 2025 at The Crypt, Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road, Bristol, BS8 2AA. Please arrive by 10:15 for a prompt start - refreshments and a light lunch will be provided. 

The entrance to The Crypt is down a lane off Belgrave Road just behind the church.

Getting to Woodlands church:

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
There are regular buses that pass near Woodlands, with the nearest stops being outside BBC Broadcasting House on Whiteladies Road. Clifton Down train station is also a 5-minute walk away and has regular links with Bristol Temple Meads.

PARKING
There are several nearby streets with free parking on Saturdays including Aberdeen Road and Cotham Gardens. On weekends, the church also has access to the car park of Hampton House / University of Bristol, accessed from lane off Tyndall's Park Road. Car park is on the left and steps lead down from into Woodland Road via the Chaplaincy car park (which is private, so please do not park there).
The nearest public car park is in Clifton Down Shopping Centre, about 5 minutes' walk from church.

CYCLING
There are bike racks provided by the main entrance.

Your Saline trainers:
Stephanie Moss - a retired GP in Birmingham and CMF Associate for workplace evangelism.
Rachel Mitchell - a staff nurse in Bedfordshire and former Associate Staff Worker with the Nurses and Midwives Team at CMF; a Saline and a Salt and Light trainer.
Janet Lefroy - a professor of medical education at Keele and a GP in Stoke-on-Trent.

Cost:
Doctors and dentists: £30
Foundation year doctors: £25
Nurses and midwives: £20
Allied health professionals: £20
Students and unwaged: £10