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cord-316886-qzka2dqm	Machin, L. L.	Making the (Business) Case for Clinical Ethics Support in the UK	2020-07-21		.txt	text/plain	9311	381	45	This paper provides a series of reflections of an academic socio-ethicist's (LM) and a senior clinician's (MW) experiences of making the case for the introduction of Clinical Ethics Support Services (CESS) within a National Health Service (NHS) Trust. The paper will outline the journey of the academic being approached by the clinician to consider setting up a CESS at the Trust, to being faced with the daunting task of completing a business case, to working collaboratively with clinical colleagues to prepare a proposal to the Trust Executive Board. The literature confirmed that healthcare staff need reflective spaces within institutions in which to explore and communicate values and ethical obligations as they undergird goals of patient care (Hamric and Wocial 2016) and the CESS could play a role in creating and designing these spaces, and ensuring they remain "open, accessible and active" (Walker 1993, p.	./cache/cord-316886-qzka2dqm.txt	./txt/cord-316886-qzka2dqm.txt