Programme

09:20 - Registration & coffee

10:00 - Welcome & Introduction

10.20 - The death of a patient by suicide| Dr Evelyn Sharpe

11:40 - Break

12:00 -  Considering the theology: morality, cultural, scriptural, and traditional perspectives about suicide | Rachael Newham & Dr Jonathan Haynes

12:45 - CMF Update | Mark Pickering

13:00 - Lunch

13:40 - Dear Mr Jacobs | Ruth Croxley

13:55 - Speaker to be confirmed

14:25 - Q&A

14:40 - Legalizing assisted suicide devalues all of us: notes from Canada | Dr Ewan Goligher

15:25 - Panel discussion

16:00 - Prayer time

16:15 - Close



Dr Evelyn Sharpe

Dr Evelyn Sharpe is a retired Consultant Psychiatrist with experience in General Adult Psychiatry and serving people abroad in mission and aid work, who now works in pastoral care at her local church.

Rachael Newham
Rachael Newham is an author and speaker specialising in the theology of mental health. She holds a Theology BA(Hons) and completed a research masters (MTh) entitled “Towards a Contemporary Pastoral Theology of Clinical Depression”. Rachael founded and led ThinkTwice, a national charity delivering theology of mental health training, has experience as a chaplaincy assistant on an acute mental health unit and has run a national church mental health project. She writes and speaks regularly on issues of faith and mental health and can be found as @RachaelNewham90 on social media. 



Dr Jonathan Haynes
Dr Jonathan Haynes is a Consultant Psychiatrist, working for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHSFT. His clinical role is with an Early Intervention in Psychosis team. He also works as Deputy Medical Director with responsibility for Patient Safety and Quality; in this role he chairs reviews of deaths by suicide, and meets with bereaved families. He lives in Bristol and worships at Redland Church. 



Mark Pickering 

Mark Pickering is CMF Chief Executive and a secure environment GP, working regularly in secure forensic settings. He oversees CMF’s public policy ministry, including on end of life issues.

Ruth Croxley
Ruth Croxley is a Registered Mental Health Nurse (DIP HE) who previously worked for over 20 years in a Medium Secure Unit in North London, as a Forensic Nurse. Ruth now works with Adults with Learning Disabilities, Autism and challenging behaviours, in a part time capacity.



Dr Ewan Goligher
Dr Ewan Goligher MD PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology and a Physician-Scientist at the University of Toronto. He practices critical care medicine and in that capacity is regularly involved in navigating ethical issues in end-of-life care with patients and their families. He has published on ethical issues surrounding physician-assisted death, freedom of conscience, and withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining measures. He is author of How Should We Then Die? A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death, from Lexham Press (2024).

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