The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is required, in its terms of reference , to consider these issues. Current members of the Council include clinicians, educators, lawyers, nurses, philosophers, scientists and theologians. Short biographies of Council members and a Register of Member''s Interests are now available. The Council is currently inviting Expressions of Interest in becoming a Council member. A review of the activities of the Nuffield Council from 1992-99 was published in December 2000 and is available .
Minutes of meetings are also available.
The work of the Council Once the Council has identified a topic for inquiry, it establishes a multidisciplinary Working Party or Roundtable with the relevant expertise to examine and report on the issue. Ethical Issues are available on this website. The consultation period for this Inquiry has now closed. Minutes of Working Party meetings are available. The public consultation period for this Inquiry closed on 31 January 2001.