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UK Clinical Ethics Network

The main purpose of this website is to:

Provide contact information for all UK clinical ethics committees.
Provide up to date and reliable information on ethical issues that commonly present to clinical ethics committees or arise in clinical practice.
Provide links to national policy and guidance on ethical issues relating to clinical practice.
To register your Clinical Ethics Comittee

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Clinical Ethics Committees
Different ways of thinking about ethical issues using ethical frameworks

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The Network is supported by the Ethox Foundation and the Institute of Medical Ethics

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Ethics News

New GMC guidance launched on end of life treatment and care

New GMC guidance launched on end of life treatment and care The GMC has launched new guidance for doctors on end of life decision making. Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making. comes into effect on 1 July 2010 and replaces the booklet Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatments: Good practice in decision-making (2002). www.gmc-uk.org/end_of_life_care

What's new on this site

Consensus statement on core competencies for clinical ethics committees

The UK Clinical Ethics Network have developed a consensus statement on core competencies for clinical ethics committees. The statement can be used by individual CECs to inform the development of an education and training programme for its members. The Network is currently looking at ways to develop a curriculum linked to the core competencies set out in this document.The paper is avialable at:-http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rcop/cm/2010/00000010/00000001/art00009

Ethics Decision-Making Tools

New Educational material for Clinical Ethics Committees