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Published: 27th July 2021
CMF have submitted a limited response to the Irish Medical Council Public Consultation regarding the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners. The current (eighth edition) of the Guide is under review and the consultation process will inform the creation of the ninth edition.
The Guide is a lengthy document covering Partnership, Practice and Performance, but we have engaged with only one element of the section on Practice, that of Conscientious Objection. The conscience provision in the Guide, in our opinion, does not take adequate account of the change in the law on abortion in the Republic.
The consultation documents and online response form can be found at theMedical Council - Public Consultation on The Ethical Guide website.
The consultation process closed on 4 August 2021
Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668
Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225
Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) was founded in 1949 and is an interdenominational organisation with over 5,000 doctors, 900medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members in all branches of medicine, nursing and midwifery. A registered charity, it is linked to over 100 similar bodies in other countries throughout the world.
CMF exists to unite Christian healthcare professionals to pursue the highest ethical standards in Christian and professional life and to increase faith in Christ and acceptance of his ethical teaching.
