We are honoured to have had the following bright lights as patrons of our charity before they passed to spirit. We will never forget their trail blazing work within the integrated health field.
Dr Jean Galbraith
Our friend and great supporter Dr Jean Galbraith died peacefully at home on Wednesday 19th March. Jean was a doctor in General Practice for thirty-one years, and also in Infectious Diseases at St Albans hospital for seventeen years. In this time, she founded or chaired many organisations to support her community, and volunteered to help the homeless both as a healer and in other ways. Jean helped establish a cancer care support group and to set up a fund to bring Macmillan nurses to St Albans that eventually resulted in the creation of Grove House Hospice. She also chaired Child Health International, and the London branch of the Doctor-Healer Network.
It was after the early death of her daughter Kirstie in 1986 that Jean encountered spiritual healing, on a visit to the Bristol Cancer Care Centre. Following two years of study and discovery she introduced two spiritual healers into her General Practice on a professional basis, as well as running meditation classes for her patients to reduce their stress symptoms. She brought together a team of healers to work with the homeless in St Albans and was a pioneering GP who helped the integration of healing into healthcare.
We will miss her vibrant energy and humour and will always remember her sparkling blue eyes, dry wit and infectious laugh.
As individuals and as a charity we are hugely grateful for her support and guidance.
Professor George Lewith, MA DM FRCP MRCGP, Patron
Professor George Lewith, MA DM FRCP MRCGP, Patron
Professor George Lewith was a medical doctor and Professor of Health Research at the University of Southampton Medical School, where he was Head of the Complementary and Integrated Medicine Research Unit.
He acted as a consultant in complementary medicine to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the USA Federal Drug Administration and the American National Institute of Health. He was one of the thirty three eminent medical scientists and clinicians who are Fellows of the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health
"It's a great privilege for me to be a Patron of The Sam Buxton Sunflower Healing Trust. Healing is probably one of the most ancient medical arts and if it can provide comfort and solace to those who are suffering, I am only too happy to be of some assistance in that process."
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