Multifaith Care for Sick and Dying Children and Their Families: A Multi-Disciplinary Guide

Paul Nash has worked at Birmingham Children's Hospital since 2002 and has been Chaplaincy Team Leader (Senior Chaplain) since 2004. He is Director of Red Balloon Resources: for paediatric daily, palliative end of life and bereavement care for children, families and staff and the Co-founder and Co-convenor of the Paediatric Chaplaincy Network for Great Britain and Ireland. Paul is perceived to be one of the leading thinkers in the field of paediatric chaplaincy. He also lectures on work with children and young people, and is currently researching and developing distinctive standards, competencies and best practice for paediatric chaplaincy. He is the academic lead on children's and young people's chaplaincy modules with Staffordshire and Gloucestershire Universities. Zamir Hussain is a Muslim Chaplain at Birmingham Children's Hospital and has pioneered resources in Islamic health care. She has published several books for bereaved Muslim parents and siblings. She has also developed the first UK blended learning resource, including care plans and pathways for Islamic daily, palliative, end of life and bereavement care for paediatric staff. Zamir has worked as a Muslim Chaplain for both the Heart of England NHS Trust and Birmingham Children's hospital for over five years, where she has also run training courses for the staff as well as delivering training and talks on care for Muslim patients to organisations around the country. Madeleine Parkes is a spiritual care advisor and researcher with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Madeleine has a degree in Theology and Philosophy and is currently completing her Masters in Health Research. She has worked as an autism therapist and volunteers with the Samaritans. She is continuing her counselling training with accreditation from the UK Council for Psychotherapists and has a keen interest in the role that spirituality and religion can play in health and wellbeing, particularly in mental health. Madeleine has published original research in a number of peer-reviewed journals and has contributed several co-authored chapters to edited books on spirituality and mental health.