Practical Guides

UKCEN has issued guidance covering the creation, composition and running of a clinical ethics service:

Practical guides

Setting up a service

Advice on setting up a clinical ethics service and support for new services and members:

Making the case for a new service
Support for new services
Membership of a service

Competencies & frameworks

Guidance on core competencies for members of clinical ethics services and ethical frameworks to guide deliberations:

Core competencies
Ethical frameworks

Processes

Advice on processes and associated documents to support the work of the service:

Terms of reference
Code of conduct
Case consultation
Freedom of information requests

Evaluation & profile-raising

Advice on evaluating the work of the service and raising its profile:

Evaluation
Profile-raising

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