"researchers who receive government grants will be banned, as of 1 May, from using the results of their work to lobby for changes in laws or regulations"
I'm worried this will mean it will not be possible for UK scientists to disprove PACE and use that as evidence that CBT should not used to treat patients.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/17/britains-scientists-must-not-be-gagged
"sociologists whose government-funded research shows new housing regulations are proving particularly damaging to the homeless; ecologists who discover new planning laws are harming wildlife; or climate scientists whose findings undermine government energy policy. All would be prevented from speaking out under the new grant scheme as it stands."
I'm worried this will mean it will not be possible for UK scientists to disprove PACE and use that as evidence that CBT should not used to treat patients.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/17/britains-scientists-must-not-be-gagged
"sociologists whose government-funded research shows new housing regulations are proving particularly damaging to the homeless; ecologists who discover new planning laws are harming wildlife; or climate scientists whose findings undermine government energy policy. All would be prevented from speaking out under the new grant scheme as it stands."