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One of the most distressing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic for me has been the treatment of older people living in care homes – and the uncomfortable spotlight cast on the way their fundamental needs and interests are often overlooked.

Just at the point where vaccine trials are showing promise, levels of infection circulating in the general population in the UK are relatively low. This is obviously good news from many perspectives – but makes the next stage of testing more difficult. Is one possible answer human challenge trials?

In most emergencies, affected communities play a key role in initiating and leading response activities – in stark contrast to the stereotype of people overwhelmed by the emergency waiting helplessly for help from outsiders.

So what relevance has our report to the enormous challenges being posed to health systems and governments the world over by COVID-19? Unsurprisingly, quite a lot.

Today is the deadline for responses to the Department of Health's consultation on proposals to cha...

In light of the recent judicial scrutiny of the case of Charlie Gard, Katharine Wright, Assistant Di...

Given the international reach of our 2015 report Children and clinical research: ethical issues, it'...

Last week I had the double good fortune of being invited to Padua to contribute to an intensive shor...

One of the early challenges of the Nuffield Council's Working Party on cosmetic procedures has bee...

The Council's report on the ethical issues raised by children's involvement in clinical research...