Community key to good healthcare, says incoming Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah Mullally, Canterbury's incoming Archbishop, has honed her first new year's message on the challenges facing the healthcare system and the benefits of having access to holistic services.Good healthcare is incredibly important to me,

she recalled from her time as an NHS nurse. It goes hand in hand with my Christian faith, which is influenced by Jesus' call for us to love and care deeply for one another. Many hospital admissions can be handled by

root causes,

she said, adding that social and palliative services are

stretched. Later this month, Dame Sarah will be named the first female leader of the Church of England.

Church lunches in a community setting, as well as medical care for our physical and mental stability,

Dame Sarah said in her address. They can also help people get health check-ups, according to her. The chapel at St Thomas' Hospital, where I first trained, is a place of refuge for workers and patients, away from the crowded wards. The multi-faith chaplaincy staff is on hand to listen, adore, or simply sit with those going through life's most difficult and difficult moments. The children's hospital is in the chapel, she continued. Play therapy workers are here, de-escalating the fear of a hospital stay, and speeding up recovery. Services are under increasing strain, she said, but community involvement can help address many admissions's root causes.

I see this in my own diocese in London, where people are providing holistic assistance in various settings,

she said.

People from all around the world, from various cultures, enjoy a warm welcome, a health check-up, and, most importantly, the love of Jesus Christ, who taught us how to wash the feet of others.

I want to carry the compassion and compassion that shaped my career as a nurse into all that I do.

The Church should be a healing presence in our world, bringing people together in times of often violent division, caring deeply for those who need our assistance.

Dame Sarah will be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury at a service in Canterbury Cathedral on January 28. She was chosen to replace Justin Welby after he resigned more than a year ago due to inconsistencies in the treatment of an assault case. The Church of England is considering a lawsuit brought against Dame Sarah over her treatment of an abuse allegation. King Charles, the head of state of England, is the head bishop of the Church of England; the Archbishop of Canterbury is the Church's most senior bishop and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion.