Commenting on the significance of these latest findings, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: «Ground - breaking initial research we conducted a few years ago with
non-religious people in hospitals and prisons established a clear demand for humanist pastoral support.
Humanists UK works for an end to irrelevant religious discrimination
in publicly funded posts such as general pastoral support jobs
in hospitals and elsewhere, which are often unfairly reserved only for religious
people or
people of certain religions, and for equal treatment of the
non-religious according to need
in the limited number of settings where belief - specific services are legitimately provided, including
hospitals.