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18th January 2024

Action needed to address gaps in ethical guidance for genomic research and healthcare practice

Through mapping existing ethical guidance available to those working in UK-based genomic research and healthcare, we have identified gaps in guidance that need addressing in a coordinated way.

GenomicsPersonalised healthcareBiological and health data
Blog

24th September 2019

Forensic futures

Filmic dystopias are a great way to imagine how current and prospective scientific developments might be abused in the ‘not too distant future’.

Biological and health data
Blog

23rd July 2019

Alexa, what’s the big deal about your NHS partnership?

Last week, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, announced a new partnership between the NHS and Amazon’s Alexa…

Biological and health dataArtificial intelligence (AI)
News

20th February 2019

Government ‘Code of Conduct for data-driven health and care technology’ references Nuffield Council principles

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new ‘Code of Conduct for data-dr…

Biological and health dataArtificial intelligence (AI)
Blog

16th October 2018

Data mine-ing

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau ‘the first person who, having fenced in a piece of land, bethou…

Biological and health data
Blog

4th June 2018

Government should take heed of past ethics debates about forensic use of biometrics

Published in May 2018, the Science and Technology Committee’s Fifth Report, Biometrics strategy an…

Biological and health data
Blog

20th April 2018

Converging on genomics: a few thoughts on the Science and Technology Committee report

Convergence is a word that has featured prominently in discussions around science and innovation in …

Biological and health dataAssisted reproductionPregnancyChild and infant health
Blog

13th April 2018

GDPR, health data uses, and automated decision making

As acronyms go, GDPR doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue – to some of us it rather trips up the …

Biological and health dataArtificial intelligence (AI)
Blog

26th January 2018

Data farrago

Very quietly, last month, NHS Digital, the national authority that governs information relating to h…

Biological and health data