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Supreme Court ends Conway case

Articles
27 November, 2018

Noel Conway’s challenge to the law on assisted suicide comes to an end as the Supreme Court declines to hear a second appeal

CNK on Conway appeal veto

Press Releases
27 November, 2018

Care Not Killing, which intervened in the case of Noel Conway at the High Court and Court of Appeal, responds to the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a further appeal

First suicide prevention minister

Press Releases
19 October, 2018

Suicide Prevention Minister urged to clamp down on ‘irresponsible’ portrayal of suicide in media

‘Startling’ new PDOC guidance

Medical Opinion
13 August, 2018

Severely brain-damaged patients are commonly misdiagnosed, often aware and may well recover, says authoritative new report

Personal reflection on food and fluids ruling

Personal stories
3 August, 2018

Nikki Kenward, who lived with the MND-like symptoms of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, writes: ‘this is not civilization but barbarity… We need more legal restraints, not fewer.’

Supreme Court on CANH: overview of Care Not Killing media contributions

Media centre
2 August, 2018

The issue of withdrawing food and fluids from brain damaged patients is complex and little understood – Care Not Killing was on hand to outline concerns with the Supreme Court’s ruling on a busy media day

Supreme Court rules on CANH withdrawal

Press Releases
30 July, 2018

Care Not Killing responds to disappointing ruling that the Supreme Court wants to remove important safeguard from brain-damaged patients

‘Suicidal’: a throwaway word?

Articles
25 July, 2018

Efforts to distinguish between terminally ill and non-terminally ill people when it comes to suicidal tendencies are at best meaningless and at worst offensive

Appeal Court Ruling: CNK evidence

Articles
27 June, 2018

The three judges who heard Noel Conway’s Appeal in May 2018 referred to evidence and submissions put forward by Care Not Killing a number of times in their June judgment

Appeal judges dismiss Conway bid

Articles
25 June, 2018

‘We do not consider that the approach or those conclusions of the Divisional Court can be faulted… [and so] we dismiss both the appeal and the respondent’s notice’

CNK welcomes Conway appeal ruling

Press Releases
25 June, 2018

‘Care Not Killing welcomes the Court of Appeal’s sensible decision to reject this latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide’

Forced to choose

Articles
14 June, 2018

A new report from Quebec picks up a recurring theme of patients being driven towards assisted suicide and euthanasia – now ‘healthcare’ – by a failure to provide wanted care and treatment

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