Is the NHS fit for purpose?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Emily Barley, Nicky Drury, Susie Hawkes, Rob Lyons
Politicisation of therapy
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Jennifer Cunningham, James Esses, Amy Gallagher, Dr Carole Sherwood
The politics of neurodiversity: fashion or affliction?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Felice Basbøll, Dr Ken McLaughlin, Stella O’Malley, David Swift
Bodies that matter: transgenderism and transhumanism
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans, Sonia Gallego, Marc Glendening, Rosie Kay
Holding Covid times to account
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Jennie Bristow, Laura Dodsworth, Thomas Fazi
Debating Matters: ‘Social egg-freezing empowers women’
Saturday 28 October 2023
COMPETING SCHOOLS: New City College vs Richmond upon Thames College
Making babies in the lab: the morality of reproductive technologies
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Mehmet Çiftçi, Nicky Drury, Ann Furedi, Dr Günes Taylor
Feeding babies: Is breast always best?
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Milli Hill, Harriet Rudd, Dr Rebecca Steinfeld, Dr Erin Williams
The morality of surrogacy
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Lexi Ellingsworth, Sarah Jones, Gary Powell, Ella Whelan
Curing cancer: is it all about the science?
Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Nicky Drury, Professor Eliot Forster, Miranda Green, Professor Karol Sikora
Trust me, I’m your doctor: are GPs in crisis?
Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Professor Dame Clare Gerada, Sheila Lewis, Allison Pearson, Jo Phillips, Charlotte Pickles
The future of abortion rights
Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Piers Benn, Mary Kenny, Margo Martin, Dervla Murphy
From boozing to obesity: the new health tyranny?
Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Justine Brian, Christopher Snowdon, John Vincent
Bye bye, baby: the birth-rate debate
Saturday 15 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Ellie Lee, Dr Paul Morland, Louise Perry, Sandy Starr
Too fat, too thin, are we too obsessed with calories?
Saturday 15 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Katie Axe, Emma Burnell, Dr Jennifer Cunningham
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