Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new partnership between the Samaritans and Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google, YouTube, and Twitter. In a speech delivered at the Bright Blue and Barnardo’s conference, Mr Hancock indicated that the partners will collaborate and that the involved technology companies will fund research to […]

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched a call for evidence to inform its inquiry into the use of genome editing techniques in farmed animals. We are seeking out views on the following areas: Current research Socioeconomic context Ethics Law, regulation, and policy This includes finding out more about research that is currently happening, the […]

In a new briefing note, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics highlights the ethical issues raised by the use of medical implants – such as hip implants, pacemakers and glucose monitors – and the challenges faced by regulatory bodies, manufacturers, and healthcare professionals working in this area. These challenges include ensuring effective post-market surveillance of implants […]

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has submitted a response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s call for evidence for their inquiry on commercial genomics. The Science and Technology Committee announced they would carry out an inquiry into commercial genomics following our submission to the Committee’s ‘My Science Inquiry’. There has been considerable […]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of seven new members of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics: Simon Burall Simon is a Senior Associate of Involve. He has extensive experience in the fields of public participation, accountability and transparency, scientific and technology innovation and organisational change. He has worked at the local and national level […]

This week the Government published an Online Harms White Paper setting out legislative and non-legislative measures to make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children and other potentially vulnerable groups. The White Paper proposes that social media companies must be subject to a formal legal duty of care to their users, which […]

On Friday 15 March, the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill passed into law. The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act, also known as Max and Keira’s law, will change the system of organ donation in England from opt-in to opt-out, meaning most adults will be considered organ donors unless they opt out. The new law will […]