UK: Doctors can pray with their patients, says medics group

Wed, 27 Jul 2011

GPs are free to pray with their patients as long as they are receptive to the offer, the UK’s leading medical defence group has said.

The Medical Defence Union’s new guidance quotes a senior figure at the General Medical Council (GMC) saying that a “tactful” offer to pray could be appropriate.

The news follows a number of cases where Christian medics have faced disciplinary proceedings for mentioning their faith at work. the rest