Every priest in the Harrow deanery—including Fr Antonio—has agreed to help ensure that there is 24/7 Catholic chaplaincy cover at Northwick Park Hospital.

To this end, every Harrow deanery priest has been assigned regular times to be “on call” during which they may be called by the hospital to give a patient who is near death the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Fr Antonio is on call every other Friday from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Fr Agustin Paunon is the resident Catholic chaplain at Northwick Park but one man obviously cannot provide 24/7 cover which was why priests in the deanery have agreed to work together.