Our Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy Service aims to strengthen the spiritual resources of patients and their families to help them face changes and challenges that may be experienced in hospital.

On-site Chaplains and Pastoral Carers address spiritual needs as part of the hospital healthcare team and are trained to:

• provide confidential listening support
• help identify spritual needs and resources and access the support these can provide
• help explore a sense of Meaning, the Sacred, or God, in what is happening.

Halal, Kosher and vegetarian meals are available on our hospital menus.

Bibles and Korans in different languages are available for use in our hospital prayer rooms. There are also Prayer Mats and Sacred Scriptures available for use.

Members of the Pastoral Care Team visit all wards most days of the week and hold weekly prayer services.

Western Health also provides bedside Holy Communion and other Sacrements which are available on request in the Anglican, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic traditions and has played host to weddings and baptisms.