Author Archives: Sarah Mullally

About Sarah Mullally

If you wanted a blog run by an experienced blogger look elsewhere - I am a beginner. I am a mum, Anglican Rector, Dame and poor potter - welcome.

Contemplation in the Shadow of a Spire – Compassion

Posted on December 4, 2012

Well done to Jane Cummings!  Jane is the new Chief Nursing Officer for England and today she launched a a new campaign aimed at reassuring the public and outlining actions to ensure the values nurses stand for are not betrayed. It … Continue reading →

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Contemplation in the Shadow if a Spire – What are we will to pay?

Posted on November 24, 2012

The week has seen the publication of another report into the care home sector.  The Care Quality Commission has under taken a study which has revealed what we already knew. The care system is over whelmed by people who are getting older and frailer.  But they … Continue reading →

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Contemplation in the shadow of a Spire!

Posted on November 20, 2012

Over the last six weeks I have been making the transition from Team Rector in the London Borough of Sutton in Surrey to Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral.  Many people have greeted me over the six weeks with the sentence … Continue reading →

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Do private schools grip the establishment?

Posted on May 12, 2012

This week we have seen Nick Clegg follow the education secretary, Michael Grove, not only bemoaning the dominance of former private school children in British media, politics, judiciary, business, medical schools and the arts but also begin to speak about … Continue reading →

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The Voices of women

Posted on April 22, 2012

The world often seems to be dominated by the voices of men.  It maybe that women are speaking but the media doesn’t hear them.  This week’s edition of the Time Magazine covers the 100 Most Influential People in the World.  … Continue reading →

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Choice

Posted on March 9, 2012

  I am not someone who follows the US elections with a passion and observation of the detail.  However, I was at lunch with some colleagues this week and one of them expressed their concern at Rick Santorum, apart from … Continue reading →

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“The Health and Social Care Bill has become a massive migraine”

Posted on February 11, 2012

In The Times today Matthew Parris suggests that the “The Health and Social Care Bill has become a massive migraine”.  His article Matthew Parris takes a look at the coalition government and how they have moved into the third age … Continue reading →

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Marking that ‘I woz here’

Posted on October 20, 2011

Today I am marking my 10 years of ordained ministry in the Church of England. It wasn’t something that I was planning to mark but was ‘persuaded’ to by some of those at one of the churches where I am … Continue reading →

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Faith and endurance in Zimbabwe

Posted on October 10, 2011

Today in Zimbabwe the Archbishop of Canterbury preached to thousands.  His message as one of solidarity and support to a community where the president has been responsible for persecuting Anglicans and where the Church is battling serious divisions. Brian Hungwe … Continue reading →

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Nursing by degrees

Posted on October 4, 2011

Today’s  Times newspaper has run an article under the headlines ‘Trust trains its own nurses to nurture better ‘attitudes’.  The articles talks about how the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, based in Birmingham is reverting to the in house … Continue reading →

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