Member

Finally, I note as a postscript that it is not only the understanding that the right reverend Prelate outlined. When one looks at training—obviously, we always talk about the training of healthcare professionals, et cetera—we see that, because a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minority communities are still within some kind of faith community, it is imperative that there is a heightened awareness of the need to train leaders, in those worshipping centres and other support groups, to recognise that many people repeatedly present as needing prayer in a Christian context. But they do not need prayer; they need to be told to go to their GP. For that reason, they often present later and they are often sicker by the time they present. Based on research I read a while ago, that is one of the reasons why in the black community there is later presentation; they are not accessing the services earlier. So can the Minister include in the focus of training that it is not just clinicians and those to whom the code of practice applies that need it?