Various speakers

Professor Shakil Jehangir Malik, Revd John Ryeland, Dr Garath Tuckwell, Revd Steve Gendall, Suzanne Owen, Dr Paul Worthley. 

John Ryeland longs for everyone to discover the truth that Jesus is always present with them, not as a silent figure watching from on high but as a personal, active presence who transforms lives and situations. As he visits churches and groups up and down the country with this message, people encounter Jesus in a new way, lives and situations are transformed and frequently healing takes place. For over 20 years, John and his wife Gillian have been working at The Christian Healing Mission (www.healingmission.org), a charity based in London, and before this John was a vicar in Essex. He is the author of several books, writes a free online ‘thought for the day’ and is a regular contributor on Premier Radio.

Dr Gareth Tuckwell has many years of experience in clinical leadership, care delivery and clinical governance. Gareth was Chief Executive Officer of Burrswood Hospital, Kent, from 2007 for a five-year term, Clinical Director of Hospice in the Weald from 2003 to 2007, and Regional Director of Macmillan Cancer Support from 2000 to 2003. Gareth was a Trustee of Macmillan Cancer Support from 2003 to 2013 and a Trustee and subsequently chairman of Friends of Vellore (UK) from 2011 to 2016. Gareth was also Medical Director of Burrswood Hospital from 1986 to 1999. He is a Vice-President of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care and, from 2017, is Chair of The M.E. Trust.

Suzanne Owen has been a nurse for 36 years, working in hands on care on the wards, as a senior sister, and then for 10 years in nurse education at King’s College London. Most recently she has fulfilled the role of Director of Nursing at Burrswood Christian Hospital, where she worked for almost 14 years. She is now a Chaplain at CCHC. She grew up in a free church, which she belonged to until about five years ago when she joined a local Anglican church. She has also served as church leader in the free church.

Revd. Steve Gendall

Dr Paul Worthley has over 25 years’ experience of helping people with ME/CFS. Paul worked at Burrswood Hospital where he was resident Senior Physician, until 2014, and until 2016 also ran an outpatient clinic for people with ME/CFS and related illnesses. He pioneered a whole person and individually tailored approach to caring for people with this spectrum of disease which has benefited hundreds of patients.  The value of his approach was confirmed by a Kent University study. Dr Paul has over many years learnt a lot both from patients and by meeting the few medics who work in this field. He has gained an expertise in the area of ME/CFS and has helped hundreds of ME/CFS patients.