West Berkshire Community Hospital

Three pastoral situations – a sermon, a funeral and a wedding – illuminate how the doctrine of the incarnation might inform our response to the symbols of secular culture. In the light of these experiences challenges are posed to the academy to engage more fully with the realities of pastoral ministry in modern culture – in engaging with symbols, in relation to the time pressure of pastoral decision-making and in fuller recognition of the role of the personal faith of pastors in informing their actions as agents of God in the world. A passing note suggests that the tools we have could usefully be more fully deployed in helping the churches in their thinking about training for ministry.

Mary Codling and Jane Solomon share the findings of an audit conducted one year after the implementation of health action plans and health checks for people with learning disability in Berkshire. The findings suggest that plans and checks are being used effectively to identify and improve health

Accommodation requirements for maintained nursery schools and classes are specified in the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1998. The Children Act 1989 makes specific recommendations about certain facilities for providers who are registered with the local authority, including day care settings. However, there is little standard guidance relating to children's lavatories. What there is tends to be fairly basic.