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ACT NOW: calls for evidence on assisted suicide bill and the state of palliative care

News
14 January, 2025

Two major calls for evidence have been issued at Westminster: one on the state of palliative care, and the other on the substance of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.

CNK responds to Leadbeater Bill second reading

Press Releases
29 November, 2024

Care Not Killing disappointed at second reading vote, but welcomes the growing number of MPs expressing concern about legalising assisted suicide.

Two thirds want care fixed before “assisted dying” debated

Press Releases
26 November, 2024

“Only 11% are immune to any anti-assisted dying arguments, suggesting that large swathes of the public remain fluid in their view.”

Poll: 62% say “assisted dying” too complex to rush

Press Releases
26 November, 2024

Warning to MPs as Leadbeater Bill second reading nears.

Leadbeater Bill: who’s warning against?

Articles
23 November, 2024

Former PM Gordon Brown joins the Health and Justice Secretaries, Lib Dem leader, disability rights groups, and medical bodies in urging the Bill’s rejection on 29 November.

70% say: Royal Commission on palliative care first, then debate “assisted dying”

Articles
22 November, 2024

New polling also shows 51% agree that “assisted dying inevitably discriminates against the poor who cannot afford comfortable end-of-life living.”

Thousands of doctors & nurses issue stark warning

Articles
11 November, 2024

Thousands of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals say: or the sake of us all, do not rush into hasty legislation but instead fund excellent palliative care

Press Release: Leadbeater Bill published

Press Releases
11 November, 2024

“This bill is being rushed with indecent haste and ignores the deep-seated problems in the UK’s broken and patchy palliative care system and the crisis in social care”

Palliative medicine holds firm on assisted suicide

Articles
8 November, 2024

The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland leads members of the specialty in urging MPs not to support Kim Leadbeater MP’s assisted suicide bill

Leadbeater Bill: contact your MP

Resources
8 November, 2024

Use our email portal to contact your MP about Kim Leadbeater’s “Terminally Ill Adults (End of life) Bill” Bill, ahead of second reading debate and vote on 29 November

Judges and lawyers question Bill “safeguards”

Articles
3 November, 2024

Legal scholars and senior jurists on why including the High Court isn’t the safeguard it sounds like, and why criteria are ripe for legal challenge and expansion

Public opinion: an increasingly complex picture

Articles
31 October, 2024

Many sympathise with the aims of “assisted dying” campaigners, but aren’t convinced it can be implemented safely

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