Submissions

CMF regularly makes submissions to Government and other consultations on issues of ethical importance. All of our submissions are accessible here.

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on novel neurotechnologies (24/04/2012)

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued a consultation on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that 'intervene' in the brain, such as brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation,...

Submission to the GMC guidance on Personal beliefs and medical practice (17/04/2012)

This submission is a response to the GMC consultation on the redraft of their guidance: Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice . Following this initial consultation process, the GMC will issue...

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on the ethics of mitochondrial donation (24/02/2012)

The bypassing of inherited mitochondrial abnormalities using donor eggs to create embryos free of the disorder is an advancing area of research (creating so-called 'three parent embryos'). The Nuffield Council...

Submission to the Welsh Government White Paper on organ and tissue donation (31/01/2012)

Plans for new legislation for organ donation in Wales to introduce a 'soft opt-out system' - otherwise known as 'presumed consent' - will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue...

CMF Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘Clearing the Ground’ (November 2011) (21/12/2011)

A parliamentary inquiry to consider the situation facing Christians in the UK today, entitled 'Clearing the Ground', seeks to bring clarity about the challenges that Christians face with regard to...

Submission to Department of Education Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) Education (30/11/2011)

The Government conducted an internal review to determine how to support schools to improve the quality of teaching of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, including giving teachers the...

Submission to BCAP on the regulation of post-conception advice services (08/08/2011)

BCAP (The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice) sets and reviews the rules for broadcast advertising. It has proposed that rules preventing commercial abortion providers from advertising on TV should be...

Submission to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on Quality Standards Programme: End of life care for adults (22/07/2011)

This quality standard covers all settings in which care is provided by health and social care staff to adults approaching the end of life and adults who die suddenly or...

Submission to the Royal College of Psychiatrists Review on Induced Abortion and Mental Health (29/06/2011)

The Department of Health has funded the RCPsych to carry out a major review of the mental health impact of abortion on women. This report is likely to influence any...

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics consultation on Emerging Biotechnologies: ethical issues (23/06/2011)

On April 4 2011 the Nuffield Council issued a consultation calling for views and evidence on the ethical issues raised by emerging biotechnologies. (www.nuffieldbioethics.org/emerging-biotechnologies) The Nuffield Council is interested in...