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We engage with parliamentarians, governments and others to offer independent and informed contributions on bioethical issues, helping to embed ethics in policy making. Below you can browse and download our policy briefings and consultation responses.

Consultation Response

01 Aug 2014

Response to consultation on the Quality Standard 'Obesity prevention and lifestyle weight management in children'

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Tagged: Public health

Consultation Response

01 Aug 2014

Response to Consultation on Protecting Health and Care Information

Department of Health

Tagged: Biodata

Consultation Response

01 Jul 2014

Comments on Concept note on updating the IBC’s reflection of the human genome and human rights

UNESCO International Bioethics Committee

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 May 2014

Response to consultation on draft regulations to permit the use of new treatment techniques to prevent the transmission of a serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child

Department of Health

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 Apr 2014

Response to the Committee's inquiry on GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

Tagged: GM crops

Consultation Response

01 Feb 2014

Response to Consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Draft Post Implementation Review

Department for Transport

Tagged: Biofuels

Consultation Response

02 Dec 2013

Response to Consultation on the Code of Practice on living and deceased organ and tissue donation for transplantation - Wales

Human Tissue Authority (HTA)

Tagged: Human bodies: donation

Consultation Response

02 Sep 2013

Response to consultation on the Draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill

Welsh Government

Tagged: Donation of bodily material

Consultation Response

01 Aug 2013

Response to the survey 'Organ Donation Strategy - Seeking your views'

NHS Blood and Transplant

Tagged: Human bodies: donation

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About us

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine. It was established by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation in 1991, and since 1994 it has been funded jointly by the Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.

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    Literature review on disagreements in the care of critically ill children now available
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    Media coverage of mitochondrial DNA transfer techniques in the UK
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