NHS staff face sack if they discuss religion

[Tete123]

All National Health Service employees risk losing their job if they discuss their religious beliefs with colleagues or patients, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
Caroline Petrie has been told she can return to work. Photo: JAY WILLIAMS

Following overwhelming public support for Caroline Petrie, the Christian nurse who was suspended after she offered to pray for an elderly patient, her employers have caved said she could return to her job.

The row over her treatment has reached the House of Commons, with Sir Patrick Cormack, the Tory MP for South Staffordshire, claiming that her case had highlighted the “utter absurdities” of political correctness.

Although Mrs Petrie was relieved her ordeal was over, fears have been raised that new rules could lead to the dismissal of any health care worker who tries to talk about their faith to others.

NHS staff face sack if they discuss religion - Telegraph

The BBC take a respite from PC madness, it is now the turn of the NHS who recently suspended a nurse for offering to pray for an elderly patient ... now I am not exactly the religious sort but what harm does that cause?

In the vast bureaucracy that is the NHS this warning was published in a recent document:

warning that attempts by doctors or nurses to preach to other staff or patients will be treated as harassment or intimidation under disciplinary procedures.

How can offering to pray for someone be considered preaching? Harassment? Intimidation? Political Correctness has gone too far when such benign activities as praying can be considered 'harassment' or 'intimidation'.

The NHS management should be ashamed of itself for suspending a front line member of staff ... The government should be ashamed of itself for creating this environment of political correctness .... The British public should be ashamed of itself for accepting this ridiculous situation and allowing it to go this far!!!

[Opinionated]

How can offering to pray for someone be considered preaching? Harassment? Intimidation? Political Correctness has gone too far when such benign activities as praying can be considered 'harassment' or 'intimidation'.

Well, quite. Not hard to say "thank you very much for thinking about me but I'm not a believer" is it?

[Tete123]

Well, quite. Not hard to say "thank you very much for thinking about me but I'm not a believer" is it?

Exactly... besides the point as an Atheist 'I'll pray for you' roughly translates to 'I'll think about you' as I said either with or without the religious context it's benign and inoffensive.

And I am a critic of religion...

[kynaston]

Exactly... besides the point as an Atheist 'I'll pray for you' roughly translates to 'I'll think about you' as I said either with or without the religious context it's benign and inoffensive.

And I am a critic of religion...

Entirely so. It is just bullying.

[albannach]

intersting post tete , when oh when are we going to stamp this p.c disease out?? common sense shouldn`t have to be taught , it should just come naturally but obviously not for some people.Is the world afflicted with the p.c disease or is it just us??

[JAMC]

If this happened to me, I think my response would be....

"Well, that's nice. While you're doing that I might rummage around in these cupboards here and see if I can find something that might actually f**king cure me "

[DTE]

If this happened to me, I think my response would be....

"Well, that's nice. While you're doing that I might rummage around in these cupboards here and see if I can find something that might actually f**king cure me "

Ha. I feel sorry for the patient on the psychiatric ward who wonders why his imaginary friend isn't treated as kindly as the nurse's.

[Integralist Raven]

This exemplifies the absurdities of "Political Correctness". It seems we are no longer allowed to hold any beliefs, or at least those that may offend any minority groups that have carte blanche to say or do what they wish to!

When are the politicians going to realise how sick and tired the majority of people are of this bull****?

[Number.6]

This exemplifies the absurdities of "Political Correctness". It seems we are no longer allowed to hold any beliefs, or at least those that may offend any minority groups that have carte blanche to say or do what they wish to!

When are the politicians going to realise how sick and tired the majority of people are of this bull****?

They will choose to ignore such issues until they have a civil war on there hands. (say... 2035)

[enginetorque]

Usual news rag exagerations - making up stories to fill empty pages - I'm quite sure DISCUSSING religion is perfectly acceptable (in a free society..) - I rather suspect evangelising and 'spreading the word of god' (i.e. their particular chosen god.....) has been the issue here!

[Opinionated]

Please do not resurrect old threads, if you consider something worthy of further discussion please start a new one! Thank you.