On Wednesday 14th January 2015, Professor David Haslam, Chairman of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence launched the Centre's new report titled 'Virtuous Medical Practice' at the Royal College of General Practitioners. Central to his speech Professor Haslam noted the integral nature of virtues and values in medicine: 'Ethics, values, compassion are not optional extras – to be added on when technical skill, pharmacology, and access have all been achieved. They are central, critical, vital'. The launch event was followed by a seminar.
The 'Virtuous Medical Practice' report can be found here.
The speech can be found in full below.
An article about the report can be found in Medical News Today, available here.
An article in The Times, 24th January 2015, can be found here
