The Southend Hospital Chaplaincy team provides confidential, pastoral, spiritual, and religious support for everyone, patients and staff, regardless of faith or background.
Chaplains work alongside other hospital staff to provide:
Care and support to anyone of any faith or none
A ‘listening ear’ in times of sorrow or joy
Pastoral support when facing distressing news
Bereavement support
Trauma support
Blessings – non-religious or religious.
We visit wards regularly, and aim to see all wards every week. You may see one of us during your stay. However, if we miss you, then we may leave a small green visiting card.
If you would like to talk to a chaplain, please ask the ward sister or a nurse to contact us.
For urgent and out of hours queries, contact switchboard and ask for the on-call chaplain.
If you have a particular religious background or church tradition, please let the staff on the ward know so they can contact the relevant chaplain on your behalf.
