Commercial filming in healthcare settings is becoming more common. In a debate-article on March 18 2014 the Swedish National Medical Ethics council urge county councils and hospital managements not to write contracts with TV companies when the agreement might violate patient integrity and privacy.

The Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment starts up a new projcet about "Shaken baby syndrome" in collaboration with the Swedish National Council on medical ethics.

Mitochondrial inherited disorders are progressive and may cause very severe disease, suffering and premature death. They are inherited from the mother and can be caused by aberrations in the mitochondrial DNA. Novel techniques are being developed that may provide a possibility to prevent children from inheriting the disorders from their mothers. The techniques involve replacement of damaged DNA with DNA from healthy donors in the process of IVF. The ethical issues that are raised by this new technology will be highlighted in an open seminar hosted by the Council.

On 28 February, the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics presented a new report on assisted reproduction. Topics that are explored are, among others, surrogate motherhood, embryo donation, social egg freezing and age limits concerning fertility treatments. The ethical analyses are accomplished by the Council´s recommendations on several matters. One of the main conclusions is that it is time to allow new treatment possibilities in Sweden.

The 2 of November the Danish Council of Ethics released a new report on genetic analyses, supplemented with the Council's recommendations. One of the recommendations is that people seeking genetic tests should be offered a ‘genetic counselor’ who can advise them about the ethical dilemmas they might face after taking a test. A few weeks earlier, the Ethics Council of U.S. released a report on whole genome sequencing and privacy.

The 8 of November the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics arranged a seminar on the theme autonomy, patient empowerment and integrity. During the seminar various topics were discussed including possibilities and risks of new technologies, patients’ different access to health care information and choices, paternalism and patient centered care.

The Cyprus National Bioethics Committee hosted this year's “NEC Forum” that took place in Nicosia from 4 to 5 October. This year students from schools in Cyprus and Greece had been invited to participate in group discussions on the subject “Ethics and Education“. Another main subject of the meeting was “Responsible Research and Innovation”. The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics was represented by members of the secretariat.