Comment and analysis from the Public Policy team of Christian Medical Fellowship @UK_CMF
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31 May 2022
NEW JOB ALERT: We are looking for an Associate Head of Student Ministries to join the CMF team. Tap below for more details:
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11 Jun 2020
Please note that this account is now closed, and from now on follow @CMF_Ethics for tweets about bioethics, medical ethics, advocacy and public policy issues from @UK_CMF
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10 Jun 2020
Changes to Guernsey's #abortion law are due to be discussed by the States of Guernsey next week. Today, Both Lives Matter - Guernsey are featured in the @GuernseyPress calling for more discussion and a proper public consultation: guernseypress.com/news/2020/…
10 Jun 2020
The #NHS has quietly updated its guidance on treatment for transgender children. But will it make any difference? @MissJenniep looks at the changes and what they mean
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@careorguk @CConcern
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4 Jun 2020
#COVID19 exposes UK health inequalities - the recent PHE report on why BAME communities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic offers few answers, but exposes yet again the inequities in British society. How can Christian health workers respond?
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A new report from PHE shows that people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to die from Covid-19. Watch TWR's @DavePiperDJ discuss this with Steve Fouch from @UK_CMF over on our YouTube channel. Make sure you subscribe too! bit.ly/3dGEmeE
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3 Jun 2020
Just in case you've not heard I've started a podcast called Matters of Life and Death with my son & journalist @tswyatt. Each episode discusses how Christians can engage with an issue of healthcare, ethics, technology, science or faith. Listen & subscribe: johnwyatt.com/podcast/
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26 May 2020
God, ethics and #COVID19
@carisgrimes shares her experience of being asked to chair a Covid ethics committee and how her faith helped her address the challenges
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20 May 2020
Out of the mouths of children… @MissJenniep looks at recent court cases challenging guidance on #transgender children, asking if the kids have spotted that the emperor has no clothes?
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#safeguarding
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CMF Ethics retweeted
9 Apr 2020
NHS staff forbidden from speaking out publicly about coronavirus theguardian.com/society/2020…
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Facing #coronavirus ( #COVID19 ): the practicalities of critical illness and the reality of our mortality.
In our latest #blog 3 specialists look at the hard choices ahead for medics & families, & at #Christian hope in the face of death and dying
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@EAUKnews
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4 Apr 2020
When demand outstrips supply:
A #Christian view of the #ethics of healthcare resource allocation
during the #COVID19Pandemic
'we must strive to affirm that compassion is key, all people are equal, and all are worthy of care.'
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3 Apr 2020
Facing #coronavirus ( #COVID19 ): the practicalities of critical illness and the reality of our mortality
In our latest #blog 3 specialists look at the hard choices ahead for medics & families, & at #Christian hope in the face of death and dying
cmf.li/3bKylfK @TWRuk
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2 Apr 2020
The ethics of emergencies must not become policy for peacetime.
@MissJenniep warns that while healthcare professionals are making incredibly difficult life-or-death decisions in the #COVID19 crisis, we must not turn emergency measures into the new norm
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31 Mar 2020
With no debate, the Government are allowing telemedicine abortions-DIY abortions performed at home by women on themselves. Only 'medical' consultation will be by 'electronic means' (a text or email?).Has no one considered the safety of women?conservativewoman.co.uk/abor… @UK_CMF
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31 Mar 2020
With the RCGP and now the Royal College of Physicians making it clear that they do not support changing law on euthanasia in UK, a reminder of what is happening in Canada where their medical association did go neutral.cmfblog.org.uk/2020/03/31/de…
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31 Mar 2020
Denying conscience - the Canadian experiment
With reports that doctors are being bullied into participating in #euthanasia against conscience, we ask if the UK needs to learn lessons, esp wrt to neutrality on assisted dying?
cmfblog.org.uk/2020/03/31/de…
@careorguk @CNKAlliance
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9 Mar 2020
Transgender on trial - @MissJenniep in this @UK_CMF blog considers the implications on a current joint action in the UK courts cmf.li/2TVwde2 @careorguk @ccon
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2 Mar 2020
The Scottish Government muddles sex and gender – and plans to legalise the confusion.
But such confusions can have long-term health implications - we explore the issues in this @UK_CMF blog
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@careorguk @CConcern @EAUKnews
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28 Feb 2020
RCGP remains opposed to #assistedsuicide and #euthanasia - @MissJenniep on why this is good news for vulnerable patients and wider society
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