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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is launching a new project that will explore the ethical, social, and legal issues associated with the care and treatment of children and adolescents in relation to their gender identity.

Professor Graham Hart FMedSci has been appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Governing Board. His term will begin on 1 June.

Today we have signed the WHO’s vaccine equity declaration. The declaration calls on all countries to work together in solidarity – and in each of their best interests – to ensure that vaccination of health workers and older people will be underway in all countries within the first 100 days of the year.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in the high-profile area of bioethics and being at the centre of the debate on current ethical and social challenges, working on the recently established Ethics Accelerator project that will be co-ordinating and mobilising ethics research to inform key challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are calling on Government to issue national guidance on resource allocation in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Hamm as its new Director. Danielle will take up the role in June, succeeding Hugh Whittall who is retiring after 14 years.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has appointed members to the working group of its latest in-depth inquiry, which will examine ethical questions in relation to the role of science and technology in helping people live well in old age.