Jan is a freelance writer and facilitator in health and social care, and publishing and training consultant. She has written and edited many training and learning resources in health and social care. Having recently recovered from cancer, Jan has written a new self-help guide for patients with serious illness, based on her experiences, called ‘Lifting Your Spirits’ which is being published by the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care in May 2008. Over the past few years, she has also been involved with the Janki Foundation in editing, co-writing and facilitating ‘Values in Healthcare: a spiritual approach’, a modular development programme for healthcare practitioners which is now being run in over 40 countries.