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General public should have more input into scientific advice

The scientific community needs to listen more to people outside academia if it wants to continue to help politicians create good evidence-based policies that will benefit the public, a conference has heard. ‘The time has passed where you write a report with a band of experts and pass it on to the public,’ said Dr … Read more


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