to fund the fight for hospices & palliative care, ensure adequate social care for all, AND fend off new killing laws in the coming years
Our opponents have made it clear [see below] that they want ‘all-encompassing’ laws which do not discriminate between those who are dying and those who are not.
For instance, the Parliamentary committee which scrutinised the Leadbeater Bill rejected hundreds of ‘safeguarding’ amendments that would have restricted the Bill’s scope to terminally ill patients only:
Under the Bill’s terms, you could even qualify for an assisted death with an eating condition such as bulimia.
The Telegraph reports that our opponents are already “hatch[ing] a plot” to revive the Leadbeater Bill should it fall.
Roughly 50 pro-assisted suicide MPs are preparing to enter the Private Members’ Bill ballot for the new session.
Should that happen, we must be ready and prepared to fight the new Bill.
Alex Cole-Hamilton, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, has said that new ‘assisted dying‘ legislation should be brought back in the next Holyrood term.
Speaking in The Scotsman, Mr Cole-Hamilton said he would be “very proud and very humbled to be chosen to be the parliamentarian to bring it forward”.
Again, we must be ready.
Funding permitting, CNK is considering legal actions to STOP these assisted death laws from coming into force on the islands.
To expand our work and pursue high-impact actions such as court challenges, developing new income sources—such as Legacy and In-Memoriam gifts—will be essential.
Demand for services is increasing, but they are struggling to keep up.
Further, should the law change, we fear for UK hospices that refuse patients’ requests for an assisted death.
Our polling has shown that a majority of the British public believes that healthcare workers with a conscientious objection, along with ‘institutions’ like hospitals and nursing homes, should NOT be forced to deliver assisted deaths—a position shared by growing numbers of MSPs and Peers who have voiced concerns over assisted dying Bills for England & Wales and Scotland in recent times
When the Delta Hospice Society did this in Canada in 2021, the British Columbia government:
So long as the cost of killing terminally ill patients is cheaper than caring for them, then the temptation will always be there for the state to exploit medically-assisted killing laws to save the NHS money, ‘unblock’ beds and ‘balance the books.’
Typically, delivering quality palliative care involves:
The public purse currently funds 44% (£414 million) of the services provided by UK hospices.
However, the cost to the treasury of ‘keeping alive’ someone in their FINAL YEAR of life is considerably higher than just ‘healthcare’ costs.
In 2025, the Nuffield Trust & Health Economics Unit report revealed that at least £22 billion of public expenditure was spent on people in the last year of life in the UK.
This amounts to £33,960 per person.
By comparison, estimates for the cost of a medically-assisted death in Canada range from around £1,000 to £2,000 per person.
Harrowing cases from Canada show how quickly things can go wrong.
One Canadian patient in her eighties was denied palliative care.
Instead, her life was quickly ended by MAiD when her husband requested her death after he felt unable to look after her at home.
At age 56, Allison Ducluzeau was offered assisted suicide after being told there was no treatment available in Canada for her stomach cancer.
She sought treatment in the US and went into remission.
Two ways you can help STOP the killing and ensure proper care for the vulnerable in 2026 and beyond
If you don’t want to see Britain going the same way as Canada, please consider leaving a legacy to CNK in your Will, or honouring the memory of someone dear to you today with an In-Memory gift.
Two-thirds of us never get around to writing our Will.
In some cases, this could mean that the government receives your money instead of the people and organisations you would like to benefit.
Being married or living with someone is no guarantee that your next-of-kin will receive your whole estate should you die without making a valid Will.
The main types of legacies are:
* PLEASE NOTE: Care Not Killing is NOT a registered charity. While this allows us to focus entirely on advocating for just laws which protect the vulnerable, it also means that any legacy gift that you may decide to leave to CNK in your Will could incur Inheritance Tax if your estate exceeds the tax threshold at the time of your death.
You can also leave a gift TODAY to honour the memory of someone special in your life who has died.
Ensuring that those most at risk from an assisted death have a strong voice representing them is a wonderful way to pay tribute to that person’s memory.
It also means you could see your money having an impact during your lifetime.
could establish a Legal Fund to support a Judicial Review in the courts against any legislation or policies which undermine the human rights of vulnerable people or the employment rights of healthcare staff who hold a conscience objection to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
(We have previously intervened in 3 cases at the European Court of Human Rights, but initiating a case is far more expensive)
