About the UKBHC

The UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy is an interfaith organisation of practising healthcare chaplains whose primary objects are to:

• advance and disseminate the knowledge and practice of healthcare chaplaincy;
• define and develop professional standards of chaplaincy including education, training and continuing professional development;
• train advisers to support employers in the selection and appointment of healthcare chaplains;
• operate procedures to consider, investigate and assess the professional conduct of registered chaplains;
• maintain and develop systems to promote and accredit continuing professional development and the professional registration of chaplains.

The Board works on behalf of and derives its authority from the professional associations of chaplaincy to whom it is accountable:

• the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains (AHPCC),
• the College of Health Care Chaplains (CHCC),
• the Northern Ireland Healthcare Chaplains Association (NIHCA),
• and the Scottish Association of Chaplains in Healthcare (SACH).

Download the presentation below to see more about the formation and functions of the UKBHC