Work with us to research future topics

28 January 2011

We are currently seeking individuals to support the forward planning work of the Council by preparing background papers on potential future topics. The papers will provide background material for the Council’s Forward Look Seminar in May 2011 where a number of issues are discussed in detail to see whether they should be taken forward as future topics.

New Working Party on emerging biotechnologies

17 January 2011

The Council has set up a new Working Party to consider the ethical issues raised by emerging biotechnologies such as synthetic biology and nanotechnology.

Teaching resource on the ethics of dementia

6 January 2011

The Council has published a teaching resource based on its 2009 report 'Dementia: ethical issues'.

The resource can be used in a wide variety of settings including community groups, medical training, care homes, health care courses and schools.

Winter UPDATE Newsletter

21 December 2010

Read about the activities of the Council in the winter edition of UPDATE.

2010 meeting with French and German bioethics committees

9 December 2010

Members of Council travelled to Paris for a trilateral meeting with the French and German national bioethics committees (Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique and Nationaler Ethikrat) on 2-3 December. The aim of this annual event is to share experiences, exchange information and explore potential co-operation on bioethics issues of common interest.

Parliamentary event on human body donation

7 December 2010

The Nuffield Council has hosted its annual ‘Bioethics in Parliament’ event in the House of Lords where MPs, peers and others explored some of the issues surrounding the question ‘How far should we go to meet the demand for organs, eggs, sperm and other bodily material?’

Council cited in White Paper on public health

30 November 2010

The Coalition Government has published a White Paper, Healthy lives, healthy people, which outlines its strategy for public health in England.  The White Paper draws on the Council’s ladder of intervention, as set out in its 2007 report Public health: ethical issues.

Council meets US Presidential Commission

29 November 2010

The Council’s Director, Hugh Whittall, was invited to meet with the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues in Atlanta last week. At the Commission’s third meeting of the year, Hugh gave a presentation on how the Council works, and on the findings of its recent report on medical profiling and online medicine.

Assistant Director vacancy

22 November 2010

The Council is currently looking to recruit an Assistant Director, to organise and support working parties dealing with some of the most critical and interesting issues in the field of bioethics. 

Council hosts roundtable to inform Public Health White Paper

16 November 2010

To help inform the Government’s forthcoming Public Health White Paper, on 11 November the Council hosted a roundtable meeting with Government officials and leading experts to consider the role of central government in public health.

The event was framed around the Council’s 2007 report Public health: ethical issues, which set out guiding principles for making decisions about public health policies.