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14 May 2012
The 2011 Annual Report is now available online. You can download the report for information on all the activities and developments from our 20th anniversary year, including:
Publication of reports on biofuels, the donation of human bodily...
12 April 2012
A report on dementia published by the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted key elements of the Nuffield Council’s ethics framework for dementia.
The report Dementia: a public health priority is the result of work undertaken by...
28 March 2012
The Prime Minister has pledged to deliver major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015, echoing recommendations made by the Nuffield Council’s 2009 report Dementia: ethical issues.
In a document entitled Prime Minister’s...
21 March 2012
Press Release
Is the decision to tell children they were conceived using donor eggs or sperm a private matter for the family, or is this information so important that health and social care professionals should get involved? The Nuffield Council on Bioethics...
14 March 2012
The Council is looking to recruit a Project Leader to complete the production of a project exploring the ethical issues raised by novel neurotechnologies that intervene in the brain.
The Project Leader will undertake research, prepare, organise...
01 March 2012
Press Release
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics today launched a consultation on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that ‘intervene’ in the brain, such as brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation, and neural stem cell...
21 February 2012
Today Dr Alena Buyx, Assistant Director of the Council, gave oral evidence at a one-off session on bioenergy of the Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee.
On being questioned about the Council’s six ethical principles...
10 February 2012
The Council has set up a Working Party to consider the ethical issues raised by the disclosure of information about genetic origin in the particular context of families created through assisted reproduction using donor gametes (egg, sperm or...
09 February 2012
The Council is looking to recruit a Communications Officer to help disseminate and promote the work of the Council to a wide range of stakeholders, including policy makers, healthcare professionals, journalists and young people. Tasks could range...
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...
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