The NHS recently published its new statutory guidance for integrated care boards, NHS trusts and foundation trusts and policy for NHS England. The guidance puts working with people and communities at the heart NHS England’s work. It particularly focuses on supporting organisations to build collaborative and meaningful partnerships that start with people and focus on what really matters to our communities.
Read MoreRecently the NHS announced that seriously ill babies in England could be diagnosed and start treatment for rare conditions more quickly thanks to the roll-out of a new genetic testing service. Whilst before it might take weeks for a patient to receive a new diagnosis, the new service uses a technique called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to return results faster, potentially in as little as two days.
This news led us at Hopkins Van Mil to look back on the public dialogue we ran in 2021 to explore the implications of WGS for newborn screening.
Read MoreFollowing the first hearing of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, which was held in London last week, we look forward to the publication of a new report on the second public dialogue we ran with the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator.
Read MoreA recent poll carried out by three of the UK's largest environmental NGOs, the National Trust, the RSPB, and the WWF, found that 81% of UK adults believe that nature is under threat and requires urgent action to protect and restore it (WWF, September 2022). This comes at a time when recent government announcements have come under scrutiny for appearing to reverse important environmental commitments. This has led HVM to look back at the public dialogue we ran with Resources for Change in 2021 commissioned by WWF with the purpose of creating a national conversation on land use.
Read MoreHopkins Van Mil would like to hear from community groups and their members who would like to take part in a public conversation about environmental issues.
Read MoreHVM is delighted to announce that we are finalists in the Market Research Society (MRS) Awards for Public Policy/ Social Research 2022.
Read MoreWe reflect here on the findings of the 2020-21 National Food Strategy public dialogue, given recent government announcements on obesity and government interventions in the food system.
Read MoreOver the coming months, Hopkins Van Mil will be working with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to bring together people from across the UK, environmental science researchers and the wider environmental science community in a combination of online and in-person workshops.
Read MoreThe HVM team is very pleased that Leneh Buckle has joined us as the freelance Co-Lead on the Spectrum 10K Consultation. In this post Leneh introduces herself and gives information on the rationale for taking up the role.
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In late 2021 the Health Research Authority (HRA) commissioned HVM to find out more about the public’s hopes, fears and expectations about ethics review of research. The findings report, published on 13th June, tells us…
Read MoreAn update on the Spectrum 10K consultation and Hopkins Van Mil’s role in that work.
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Are you curious about the world around you? Are you excited by collaborative, supportive and creative research? Read on to find out how to apply to join the HVM team as a Researcher.
Read MoreThe UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator commissioned HVM in June 2021 to design and deliver a rapid online public dialogue on the ethics of Covid-19.
Discover the report findings for the first public dialogue explicitly focused on people’s ethical considerations in relation to Covid-19, Covid recovery and future pandemics here…
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Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit and UN Climate Summit (COP26), the full findings of the UKRI Sciencewise public dialogue commissioned from HVM to inform the National Food Strategy report have now been published.
Read MoreHVM was commissioned in May 2020 by the Canal & River Trust to run a short-term stakeholder engagement on the Water Safety Zones proposed on the Lee Navigation. Read the findings report and recommendations here…
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HVM was commissioned in September 2020 by Genomics England, the UK National Screening Committee and UK Research and Innovation’s Sciencewise programme to design a public dialogue on the implications of using whole genome sequencing as a technology for newborn screening.
The report is published today. Find out what we discovered…
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On 14th April 2021 the National Data Guardian published Putting Good into Practice an HVM dialogue findings report which about how to make sure health and care data is used to benefit people and society. Read more here…
Read MoreThe Ada Lovelace Institute has today launched the report of the Citizens’ Biometrics Council. Find out more about our deliberative collaboration here.
Read MoreOn 11th November Which? launched the report of the public dialogue delivered with Hopkins Van Mil (HVM) to collect views on future trade deals. Read more about what people said were the most important aspects of trade deals - from food to digital services.
Read MoreHVM is working with Demos on a public deliberation about the future of our tax system funded by the Standard Life Foundation. The project is unique in three ways - find out why…
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