Interview with Peter Spence, Head of Psychospiritual Care, St. Michael’s Hospice
“The title of my research came from a conversation with a volunteer who had a more traditional view of what spiritual care should be, and that it wasn’t what it used to be. She told me that I needed to recognise that Herefordshire had been Christian, is Christian, and would always be Christian. And that got me thinking, I’m not sure that’s actually true.”
Part of Life was delighted to sit down with Peter Spence, Head of Psychospiritual Care at St. Michael’s Hospice.
In this fascinating interview, James Byron, Director of Marketing & Engagement at Dorothy House, discusses Peter’s research on the changing role of spiritual care in England, through its evolution from a holistic medieval monastic approach, right down to the founding of the NHS in 1948. Peter’s comparison of census documents from 2001 onwards enabled him to model changing religious trends across Herefordshire and the rest of England.
So how will 2031 look in Herefordshire and England more broadly? What are the implications for the future of spiritual care? And is spiritual care “what it used to be”?
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