12 Dec 2017 UPDATED: Ethics think tank expresses concern over premature move to an opt-out organ donation system in England The Nuffield Council on Bioethics today expressed concern following the announcement of the Departme...
16 Nov 2017 Council announces new project looking at research in global health emergencies The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is embarking upon a major new inquiry to explore how research may ...
10 Nov 2017 Nuffield Council on Bioethics raises concerns about the ‘reflex’ prenatal screening test for Down’s syndrome Results of a study exploring the performance of the 'reflex' prenatal screening test have been p...
26 Oct 2017 Council gives evidence on research culture to the Science and Technology Select Committee Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, who chaired of the Council's steering group on the culture of scie...
10 Oct 2017 Ethical challenges in bioscience and health policy for the UK Parliament Today (9 October) members of both houses of the UK Parliament received a document setting out four k...
12 Sep 2017 Message from Dave Archard, new Council Chair I was delighted to take up the position of Chair of the Council earlier this summer. My connection w...
05 Sep 2017 Ethics think tank calls for discussion around wishes for organ donation before and after death, and robust evidence before any legal change is considered The Nuffield Council on Bioethics today (4 September) calls for discussion around wishes for organ d...
04 Aug 2017 Council publishes a collection of views on legal limit for embryo research, 25 years after UK’s first fertility legislation came into force The Nuffield Council on Bioethics today (4 August) publishes a series of discussions on the statutor...
24 Jul 2017 Guidance on information that should be provided to patients about NIPT The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has produced a guidance leaflet for private providers of non-invas...
14 Jul 2017 Council responds to NIHR Futures of Health consultation The Council has submitted a response to the National Institute for Health Research's (NIHR) consul...
22 Jun 2017 Cosmetic procedures practice and promotion ‘cause for serious concern’, says ethics think tank “There are legal age limits for tattoos and sunbeds. Children should not be able to walk off the s...
03 May 2017 New Parliamentary briefing note on global health inequalities A new briefing note on global health inequalities has been published by the Parliamentary Office of ...