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25 January 2012
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Montgomery as the new Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Jonathan is Professor of Health Care Law at the University of Southampton and Chair of Hampshire Primary Care Trust....
19 January 2012
The Council has launched a call for evidence on the ethical issues raised by techniques to prevent the transmission of inherited mitochondrial disorders.
These techniques could be used in combination...
18 January 2012
The Council was saddened and shocked to hear that Professor David Price died on 3 January 2012.
David was a member of the Council’s recent Working Party on the donation of human bodies, which published its report in October 2011. He was a...
10 January 2012
We are delighted to announce the panel of judges for the inaugural year of the Council’s student film competition, Box Office Bioethics.
The panel will include three Council members and three special guest judges.
Council members
Dr...
19 December 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has commended the Council on the reputation it has established over the past two decades for undertaking rigorous examination of topical, and sometimes controversial, subjects using the best expertise available.
In a...
13 December 2011
A detailed report of the Council’s 20th anniversary symposium ‘Global health: responsibility, ethics and policy’ has been published.
At the symposium, which took place on 22 June 2011, speakers from around the globe discussed...
01 December 2011
The Council has published a set of teaching resources based on its 2011 report Biofuels: ethical issues.
This set of resources aims to introduce students to the advantages and disadvantages of different types of biofuels that are being produced...
30 November 2011
Press Release
What do research biobanks, Twitter and the NHS have in common? All involve people who are showing solidarity with others. And thinking about how solidarity plays a role in our society can offer solutions to policy making, concludes a new report...
29 November 2011
The EC Renewable Energy Directive (RED), adopted in April 2009, requires that 10 percent of transport fuel comes from renewable sources by 2020. The UK Government proposes to implement the transport elements of the RED by amending in December 2011...
18 November 2011
The Council has set up a new Working Party to consider the ethical issues raised by novel neurotechnologies that intervene in the brain such as deep brain stimulation, brain-computer interfaces and neuron replacement therapy.
This project aims...
10 November 2011
The Northern Ireland Executive has published a new strategy for improving dementia services in the region, echoing many of the conclusions made in the Nuffield Council’s 2009 report Dementia: ethical issues.
Health Minister Edwin Poots...
19 October 2011
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority today decided that women who donate their eggs for others’ treatment should be compensated £750 per cycle, and that sperm donors should be compensated £35 per clinic visit.
The...
18 October 2011
The Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation are seeking to appoint a Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, to succeed Professor Albert Weale, who retires in 2012.
The Council was established in 1991 with a remit to identify, examine and...
10 October 2011
Press Release
The NHS should test the idea of paying for the funerals of organ donors to help tackle the current shortage of organs, says a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The Council suggests that this would be an ethical way of encouraging...
19 September 2011
Calling all budding young film-makers!
The Council is delighted to announce the launch of our new film-making competition for students, Box Office Bioethics.
The competition is open to students in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and there are...
15 September 2011
The Council has set up a new Working Party to consider the ethical issues raised by mitochondrial donation.
Mitochondrial disorders affect around 1 in 250 live births and can cause symptoms such as muscular weakness, blindness, liver failure and...
14 September 2011
Ahead of the UN High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases in New York next week, the Council has produced a briefing paper outlining why heads of state not only need to take the lead in tackling diseases such as diabetes, cancer...
31 August 2011
In its response to the Home Office consultation on options for the transposition of European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, the Council has called for the 3Rs (Refinement, Reduction and Replacement...
29 August 2011
Hugh Whittall, Director of the Council, has written to The Independent, reminding the UK Government of its ethical responsibility to act as a steward to create conditions in which people can live healthy lives.
According to a series of articles...
22 August 2011
The Council is looking to recruit an Office and Communications Administrator to help support the efficient running of the organisation and to assist the communications team in promoting the Council's work.
This will be a part time...
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