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Pray for wisdom among lawmakers in Holyrood and Westminster as they continue to scrutinise the assisted suicide bills before them. Pray that the flaws in the Scottish bill would become more clear to MSPs so that they would reject the bill at its final reading. Pray for Peers in Westminster who are scrutinising the bill before them - if there is not sufficient time provided to fully scrutinise the bill pray that it will fall; if time is provided for scrutiny to conclude pray that peers will reject the bill due to its irredeemable flaws. Pray also for the bills in Jersey and the Isle of Man to be prevented from entering law.

Pray that care for those in need will not be forgotten amidst these debates - amongst others, pray for improvements in end of life care, for those working in suicide prevention and for social care workers.

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Pray for international medical graduates working in the health service to find a place of welcome, community, and support. Pray for Hannah Gordon, our volunteer, leading this work

Pray for our members working in places where there is conflict in our world today-may God protect them and give them wisdom as they serve

Pray for many members who work as Christians in healthcare from the UK and Ireland but who work and/ or invest in healthcare education in other countries.

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Please pray for many resident doctors who having completed the foundation programme are applying to specialty training programmes. Competition for these posts is high, and the process can be very stressful. Many will face interviews in March before offers are released in April

⁠Pray for final year medical students, who will be finding out their deanery and job allocations soon. Please pray that they would be able to build church connections and support networks quickly, wherever they are working across the UK.

⁠Pray for resident doctors who feel disillusioned and overwhelmed by the current state of the health service, including training conditions and the current pay dispute. Pray for perseverance and that they would find their fulfilment in Christ above all, and wisdom in how to approach these issues.

Pray for resident doctors who are part of local CMF groups, that they might find a community of support and guidance, as well as a chance to encourage and uplift other healthcare professionals in their work for Christ.

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We give thanks for the huge number of Christian nurses working in the UK and Ireland. Please pray for better connections amongst us, so that no-one would feel isolated and discouraged. We pray that we would 'shine like stars' (Phil 2 v. 15) wherever we are, and that as we join together we would be a dazzling constellation reflecting God's glory!

Please pray for nurses who continue to cry out for change in legislation and safe staffing models, that might enable them to give the best and safest care possible. Particularly those involved in corridor care and working in environments that are chronically understaffed.

Pray for wisdom for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as they modernise our Code of Conduct this year, modernising standards for areas like AI and social media. But we hope may also include updates on how to deliver spiritual care.

Pray for our students, our fresh-faced and fresh-faithed. Last year saw the first rise in those starting nursing courses since the pandemic but there is still lots of uncertainty about job availability for graduates.

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Pray for midwives working in trusts being scrutinised as part of the national maternity and neonatal investigation. That they would know God's presence with them as they bring light into the dark places.

Pray that the ongoing investigation led by Baroness Amos would bring about meaningful change to maternity services and positively impact women and babies' lives.

Pray that midwives suffering from stress and burnout would have wisdom to know when to carry on and push through, and when to stop and rest. May God grant them healing and peace.

Pray for student midwives to have good mentors who teach them well and care for them.

Pray for midwives caring for women who have been abused or trafficked. That they would be able to show Jesus' love to them through their compassionate care.

Pray for midwives working overseas in resource-poor countries. That God would provide all that they need to keep women and babies safe and well.

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Please pray for care workers in the UK. It can be a tough, under appreciated, poorly paid, demanding role. Care workers are at risk of feeling forgotten and under valued when in fact their contribution is so essential. Please pray for Christians working in the care sector as they shine light into the darkness and love like Jesus. They can demonstrate God's love and the value He places on vulnerable people in the way they care. So, let's surround them in prayer as they do this. Thank you.

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The Crime and Policing Bill (England and Wales) is awaiting its committee and third reading in the Lords.  An amendment that the Commons agreed on in the Bill would decriminalise mothers for bringing about their own abortion at any stage of the pregnancy.  Pray that this amendment might be stopped.  Many voting for this amendment were motivated by the recent prosecution of a few women who had late-term abortions, having been sent abortion pills in the post without seeing a doctor to (amongst other things) confirm their dates. Pray that Peers would instead add an amendment to bring about protection for women and their children, including ending dangerous pills-by-post abortions.

The Scottish Abortion Law Review Expert Group recently released their report.  This recommends extreme changes to abortion law, broadening access to abortion on demand and to abortion after 24 weeks as well as explicitly saying that abortion for sex selection should not be prohibited. Please pray that unborn children will be remembered alongside their mothers as law makers reflect on this report and that its recommendations will be rejected.

Pray that mothers and unborn babies will be helped, supported and protected in our country - pray for those who work to provide them with support, services and care.

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Pray for Christian medical, nursing and midwifery students to be to united and equipped to live and speak for Jesus.

Pray for students to retain the enthusiasm that brought them into healthcare through training and after graduation, and for the system changes needed to enable this.

Pray for those shaping and leading healthcare education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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Prayer for healthcare staff working across the world in humanitarian situations.

General staff in warzones and disasters

Sudan

Israel/Gaza

Organisations - SP, CEN

Full funding of response plans early, to avoid gaps and prevent escalation, especially before disease outbreaks get worse.

Safe access to conflict zones: humanitarian corridors, negotiated access agreements, protections for health facilities and workers.

Rapid deployment of mobile/field/off-grid health services to reach displaced and remote populations, where health facilities are destroyed or unreachable.

Strengthening logistics / supply chains, including pre-positioned supplies, local storage, transport capacity, fuel, cold chain for vaccines.

Support for health workers: paying salaries, protective equipment, psychosocial support, incentives to remain (or return).

Restoring routine health services, especially immunization, maternal, child health, chronic illness care — to avoid secondary mortality.

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) integration with health interventions, particularly in outbreak-prone and displacement contexts.

Empowering local actors more (not just in representation but in leadership and resource control), to improve sustainability and speed of response.

Monitoring, surveillance, data systems to detect outbreaks early and guide resource allocation; also monitoring attacks on health and impacts on services.

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Please pray for dental patients, those in pain and suffering, those for whom dental care is of paramount importance perhaps because of other health conditions, for children awaiting urgent treatment, and others too, that those services would be available.  Pray for the staff working in practices and clinics, that they would be able to bring compassion and pain relief to all.

Please pray for dental students and new graduates that they will be able to connect with other Christians both within and out with university. Pray their university experience will equip them not just for a career in dentistry but for life in Christ’s service. Pray they will know the plans God has for their lives.

We pray for all who work in the provision of dental services to patients, from technicians to dental assistants and foundation dentists to those working in hospitals and community clinics, from dental care professionals to practice receptionists. That, as they serve under heavy workloads and pressures, targets and long waiting lists, that they would lean on you Lord for their strength and endurance, and find in you, peace and rest for their wellbeing.

Pray for policymakers and those who have influence in the provision of dental care both at national and local level; Chief Dental Officers in the four nations, Department of Health, BDA, LDCs and LOCs. Grant them wisdom and insight, so that your kingdom values of care for the most needy and vulnerable in society may be a priority in discussions and negotiations.

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Please pray for Pharmacists, technicians, pharmaceutical scientists and other related professionals in each sector, namely community, primary care, secondary/tertiary care, academia, industry

For each please pray for

People - staffing pressures, burnout, service pressures, patients, prejudice/discrimination, witness/evangelism opportunities, Workplace CU’s. In addition please pray for colleagues in trouble zones who struggle to provide support to their populations

Profit - there are financial pressures in all sectors. In particular pray for community pharmacy where supply issues with medicines sometimes mean that the cost of acquisition exceeds the fees being paid. The recent NI hike has hit community pharmacy hard. Also pray for industry that methods will be found to offset the very high development costs so that new medicines are affordable for health care systems both in developed countries and LMIC's (low and middle income countries)

Planet - pray for sustainable practices in all sectors

Please also pray for Pharmacy Leadership especially Chief Pharmaceutical Officers, UKPPLAB and the transition to a Royal College of Pharmacy.

Finally please pray for CiP itself that

-we will have wisdom as we explore the possibility of charity status

- we will be more effective in engaging our membership

- we will be able to link with students

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Pray for the Christians working as AHPs- paramedics, therapists, operating department practitioners, radiographers…. (14 professions in all).

Often AHPs are in small teams and feel isolated - pray for Christians to find one another and link up for encouragement. Pray for the work of CiAH doing just that! https://ciah.org.uk/ …And share the link!

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Thank you Lord for the support and fellowship of Christian colleagues who encourage and inspire us. Help us serve you and our patients together and be a good witness to others in our teams