tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275103721787770691.post2468780565425025527..comments2023-12-15T01:41:56.906-08:00Comments on Incurable Rationalist: Chapter 20: Salisbury General AgainCrispian Jagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275103721787770691.post-74685935105400014332017-07-01T14:43:56.554-07:002017-07-01T14:43:56.554-07:00The entire paragraph about the "pain scale&qu...The entire paragraph about the "pain scale" had me laughing out loud repeatedly! SO CLEVER!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275103721787770691.post-67750993849873056322017-06-30T23:00:01.121-07:002017-06-30T23:00:01.121-07:00You're a bloody good writer. The amusing littl...You're a bloody good writer. The amusing little stories woven into the bigger one, made me gobble up the previous chapters in one session. There is undeniable darkness to a cancer diagnosis and your eloquent description made the anxiety that comes with it aprehensible. Yet, it's the addition of those with little descriptions that make your blog such a fantastic read (even though, being from another generation and not British, probably half the references are lost on me).<br />Great work. Really, great work. Looking forward to the next chapter (that does sound a bit off, given the context...)!Joahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845722457192864045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275103721787770691.post-32633371505537806962017-06-30T06:04:41.541-07:002017-06-30T06:04:41.541-07:00The problem is that most hospital chaplains (of an...The problem is that most hospital chaplains (of any faith) are not volunteers but are paid for *by the NHS*. I argued with the deadwood that was my (now recently replaced) MP about this in my constituency who told me that it would be too difficult to pay people from multiple sources of funding. Which is blatantly untrue as anyone working in a research institution would know. If they were paid to be there by their own organisations, or were volunteers like the humanists, then I'd have less problem with their existence. If yours was then that is great and I'm glad that she helped. If she was being paid for out of my pocket then, sorry, I'd rather the money go on a nurse.James-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003591604826901937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275103721787770691.post-740996531469549732017-06-30T04:28:45.605-07:002017-06-30T04:28:45.605-07:00Humanists UK now provide pastoral support in hospi...Humanists UK now provide pastoral support in hospitals and prisons.<br /><br />More info here:<br />https://humanism.org.uk/community/humanist-pastoral-support/<br /><br />This comes under the Humanists Care banner:<br />http://humanistcare.org.uk/<br /><br />And the volunteer network is known as the Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network, found here:<br />http://nrpsn.org.uk/MyrtleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560974895212643706noreply@blogger.com