We are the Medical Ethics Alliance
The Medical Ethics Alliance affirms the unique value of all human life, its inherent dignity and consequent right to protection in law.
We are a non-profit organisation and we are certain that all persons are of inestimable worth, irrespective of illness or disability. The pursuit and practice of medical excellence is dependant upon sound ethical principals.
News and Press Releases
- Press release from the Medical Ethics Alliance following Tuesday 14th September’s Annual Representative Meeting of the BMA
Assisted Dying. Doctors cannot be “neutral”, about killing the sick. The majority was only 49 votes for, and 48 against. Hardly a convincing margin. The … Read more - Would you refuse a dying man water?
Drs. Cole and Treloar have written about concerns with the Mental Capacity Act. First published in the Catholic Medical Quarterly. You can read the full article … Read more - Futile treatment- Futile lives?
A joint meeting between the Medical Ethics Alliance and the Catholic Medical Association was held in Birmingham on 20th October 2018 at Newman House. It … Read more - The Supreme Court Ruling on Nutrition and Hydration: a nursing view
This letter was published in the Daily Telegraph on 3rd August 2018. It was written by Theresa Lynch from Pro-life nurses Sir – The Supreme … Read more
Medical Ethics Alliance Comments
- Gender Dysphoria
The Cause of Gender Dysphoria is not fully understood. A recent report from Dr Hilary Cass, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child … Read more - Who decides on medical treatment, the Legal ViewQuestions and Answers between Dr Anthony Cole Chairman of the Medical Ethics Alliance and Dr John Duddington Questions put by Dr Anthony Cole J P … Read more
- The Hippocratic Tradition and historic IslamIn 1999 the Medical Ethics Alliance was convened with Dr Jafar Qureshi of the Muslim Council of Britain. It therefore is a pleasure to link … Read more
- Unprecedented strike action by doctors
For the first time in the history of the NHS, hospital consultants and junior doctors are going on strike on the same days later this … Read more