WholeCare

WholeCare is a new Christian initiative, arising out of a major report on the Christian healing ministry, and set up by a small group of doctors and clergy. Revd Russ Parker (Director of Acorn Christian Healing Foundation), is the Chair for the organization.

As a Christian organization, WholeCare believe that physical, psychological and spiritual well-being is closely related. It is therefore important that people in our healthcare system are cared for in an integrated way, as whole people.

The aims of WholeCare are to identify, provoke, and encourage new approaches to whole-person healthcare, which are fruitful, and compatible with NHS structures within the UK. We intend to do this by providing a forum which will:

• Share practical initiatives in providing whole-person healthcare from a Christian perspective
• Help, encourage and enable prayer for one another

We are working to achieve this by means of our website, holding conferences and seminars, and the appointment of Research Fellows.

As a Christian initiative, this project:

• Is modelled upon the teaching and compassion of Jesus Christ as demonstrated in the Gospels
• Is based on a conviction of the need to treat the whole person by seeking health rather than just alleviating illness