Press Releases
Producing press releases on topical issues is one way in which CMF aims to promote Christian values, especially in bioethics and healthcare, within society. Through these pages you can access all of our press releases.
For media enquiries please call Alistair Thompson on 020 3008 6063 or 07970 162 225
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Pill-popping your way to the top (4/4/2013)
Memory-boosting drugs may keep students awake, alert and achieving top marks, but they bring with them a range of moral dilemmas. CMF's Head of Public Policy, Philippa Taylor, addresses these in the lead article of the latest edition of Triple Helix – the journal published by the Christian Medical Fellowship. Seen by some ambitious students as the...Read Full Release...
Liverpool Care Pathway – nine points for the government to consider in its review (2/1/2013)
The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is calling on the government to consider nine key points in its recently announced review of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway. Latest figures suggest that around 130,000 people a year are dying on the LCP, amounting to about a third of annual deaths in the UK. CEO Dr Peter Saunders says: 'The...Read Full Release...
Doctors urged to give out vouchers for foodbanks (11/12/2012)
The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is encouraging more doctors to give out vouchers for foodbanks. In the latest edition of Triple Helix , its magazine for Christian doctors, a report by CMF member Dr Valerie Rowe asked why it seems so few doctors currently participate in the scheme by giving out the vouchers. To receive emergency food,...Read Full Release...
Healthcare Sunday - 21 October – supporting doctors, nurses and healthcare workers (17/10/2012)
21 October is Healthcare Sunday – a day for churches to encourage, support and pray for doctors, nurses and those working in healthcare. An initiative of the Christian Medical Fellowship, Christian Nurses and Midwives, and Healthcare Christian Fellowship, it is hoped churches will mark Healthcare Sunday and make use of the resources that have been...Read Full Release...
Three reasons why CMF opposes creating three parent embryos (17/9/2012)
CMF has responded with both concern and scepticism to the promises that scientists at Newcastle University want to help parents have children who are free from mitochondrial diseases. The technique that scientists want to develop could be used, it is claimed, to prevent debilitating and fatal mitochondrial diseases, which are passed down from...Read Full Release...
Doctor, who? (1/8/2012)
'This is the beginning: the start of a very long journey which will have its highs and lows, ups and downs, trials and joys.' Dr Sarah Maidment, Junior Doctor. The Olympic opening ceremony proclaimed the virtue and vigor of the NHS. Many of those who are members of this bastion of state healthcare are Bible-believing Christians. But many find it...Read Full Release...
Christian doctors respond to BMA industrial action vote (31/5/2012)
Today's announcement by the BMA of strong backing for industrial action by its members comes as no surprise. The vote was largely expected to go in the BMA's favour, and with a 50% turnout, the 70-80% vote in favour of industrial action expresses clearly the anger that doctors feel over the new pension arrangements being instigated by the...Read Full Release...
Press Statement – Of course, nursing needs ‘compassion’ (16/5/2012)
Steve Fouch, Secretary of Christian Nurses and Midwives, said: 'Sir Keith Pearson's view, aired at the RCN National Congress today, that compassion counts as much as technical skill in nursing, should come as no surprise. 'However, in our target dominated NHS, the human dimension of care is often the last element to be remembered. We have seen the...Read Full Release...
The churches must ensure good quality pastoral care for all, says report (20/12/2011)
The churches need to update their counselling and pastoral care to ensure that they support gay and bisexual people, according to a report published earlier this month. The report which was produced for the Christian Medical Fellowship says that churches must re-evaluate their understanding of sexuality, and reject the prejudices of the past by...Read Full Release...
Abortion Review confirms that 98% of all abortions in Britain are technically illegal (9/12/2011)
The most comprehensive review to date into the link between abortion and mental health problems has confirmed that women who have an unwanted pregnancy are at an increased risk of experiencing mental health problems after an abortion (See Guardian and BBC ) More significantly it reveals that 98% of all abortions carried out in Britain are...Read Full Release...