Overview
Spiritual care
We support people of all faiths and beliefs or anyone who would like someone to talk to.
We're happy to meet with patients, families or friends. We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Chaplains
We have chaplains and volunteers representing many denominations and beliefs, including:
- Baha'i
- Buddhist
- Christian, Church of England
- Christian, Free Church
- Christian, Pentecostal
- Christian, Roman Catholic
- Hindu
- Humanist
- Jewish
- Muslim
- Sikh
You might find it helpful to register your faith or belief when you arrive at hospital. This can be done at the same time you give your contact details.
What we offer
We provide:
- contract funerals
- memorial services
- Communion services
- special annual multi-faith events and services
- blessings
- baptisms
- emergency marriages
- end of life care support
- staff support
If you're staying on a ward
If you're staying on one of our wards, a chaplain can:
- bring holy communion to you
- pray with you
- anoint you
- listen to your concerns
Please contact us or ask your nurse to arrange a visit.
Our volunteers make bedside visits to spend time with patients and offer Eucharist ministry on Sundays.
In the community
We also have links to religious, belief and cultural groups in the community.
We provide support to:
- our community centres
- patients and their families at Evelina London Children's Hospital
- London Fire Brigade (LFB)
Our disaster chaplaincy service is called in times of extreme circumstances. We provide support to patients and their families in our hospitals and in the community at times of distress and personal need.
Chapel and multi-faith prayer rooms
Our chapel and multi-faith prayer rooms can be used for personal meditation, quiet prayer and reflection. If you wish to use a prayer room for a religious or pastoral reason, such as Shabbat, please contact us.
Due to limited space, our chapel and multi-faith prayer rooms can be used by our patients and relatives during their stay in the hospital and staff only.
St Thomas' Chapel
The Chapel at St Thomas' Hospital has been reopened after restoration work.
The Chapel at St Thomas' Hospital has been reopened after restoration work.
The work was to preserve the Grade II listed chapel's unique features, some of which date back to 1870 when it first opened.
The painting Madonna and Child by British artist Jason Brooks is a focal point of the Chapel.
Tucked away in a corner for quiet reflection, Brooks' contemporary painting is a take on the classic representation of Mary and baby Jesus. It was modelled on an unknown woman and Brooks’ own daughter, who was born at St Thomas' Hospital. Brooks spoke to many users of the chapel as he approached the task and took several months to complete the portrait.
The painting was commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Charity and is part of its large fine arts collection which is used to enhance our hospitals and community sites.
Team
- Revd Mia Hilborn, Hospitaller, head of spiritual health care
- Revd William Sharpe, Deputy team leader/community chaplain, Anglican chaplain
- Imam Abdul Choudhury, Deputy team leader, Muslim chaplain
- Rabbi Nathan Asmoucha, Jewish chaplain
- Revd Sampson Dankyi, Free church chaplain
- Revd Jake Dicto, Roman Catholic chaplain
- Josh Turner, Humanist chaplain
- Revd Nana Kyei-Baffour, Pentecostal chaplain/spirituality and disability advisor
- Peter Oguntimehin, Pentecostal/free church chaplain/renal chaplain
- Victor Sulaiman, Pentecostal chaplain/cardiovascular chaplain
- Zahida Suleman, Muslim chaplain
- Revd Sue Taylor, Anglican chaplain/children's chaplain
Last updated: 5 September 2023
