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Rick Thomas is CMF Public Policy Researcher
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NICE - care of the dying adult (06/10/2015)
The guidance covers the clinical care of adults who are in the last few days of life, in any NHS care setting. It includes how to recognise when people are...
Rick Thomas highlights an often-overlooked problem. Imagine. You and your partner are experienced foster carers. The boy presently in your care is six years old and has been with you for four years. You never met the birth mother and have little information about the boy's early life. He is...
Many people fear that during a final illness they will suffer uncontrollable pain, or indignities, or be 'kept alive' by technology longer than they would wish. So the thought that they could 'call time' on their struggle before they lose control will appear understandably attractive. They see the prospect of...
Department of Justice, Northern Ireland - consultation on amending the criminal law on abortion (16/01/2015)
The Northern Ireland Department of Justice seeks a change in the law that would permit abortion in cases where the unborn baby has a 'lethal fetal abnormality'. Further, the Department...
It is 45 years since Neil Armstrong uttered his now famous words. Within the last few weeks other noteworthy steps were taken that have been hailed as 'more impressive than man walking on the moon'. This is no tabloid hype, but the opinion of Prof Geoff Raisan, Chair of Neural...
GMC Fitness to Practise Consultation (26/11/2014)
Below is CMF's response to the GMC's public consultation on changes to sanctionsguidance and on the role of apologies and warnings. The original GMC consultation page can be viewed here....
Public Consultation by The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life (18/11/2014)
With the rise of secular humanism and, in particular, the new atheism, there is in British society generally a loss of historically held belief in the existence of a transcendent...
Equality and Human Rights Commission - Religion or Belief (18/11/2014)
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a major call for evidence from individuals and organisations about how their religion or belief, or that of other people, may have...
Response to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board DNACPR Policy Consultation (24/06/2014)
This CMF submission responds to a consultation document by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board that seeks to clarify a consistent practice for 'do not attempt resuscitation' decisions. We suggest...
