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UK palliative care ranked #1

  • Articles
‘A pioneer in palliative care, the United Kingdom maintains cutting-edge services and is the world’s best location to receive terminal care and pain-alleviating treatment.’

California Governor signs PAS law

  • Articles
The politically and culturally significant west coast state becomes the fourth in the US to pass a law permitting physician-assisted suicide

HL Access to Palliative Care Bill

  • Official documents
A bill ‘to make provision for equitable access to palliative care’, introduced by senior palliative care physician and peer Ilora Finlay, will be debated in the House of Lords on 23 October

Marris Bill: rally vox pops

  • Events Reports
CNK spoke to friends, supporters and visitors at the rally in opposition to Rob Marris’s Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill on the day of its Commons second reading (Friday 11 September 2015)

Campaign graphics: quotes

  • Resources
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate

Campaign graphics: context

  • Resources
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate

Campaign graphics: Oregon

  • Resources
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate

Scottish Court rejects legal bid

  • Articles
The Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh rules that the law dealing with assisted suicide in Scotland is clear, consistent and not in need of clarification

Poll: ‘burden’, NHS budgets & AD

  • Public opinion
Polling data released to coincide with the Marris Bill debate suggest the vast majority fear legalised ‘assisted dying’ would force the hand of those terminally ill who feel burdensome – and adversely affect NHS budget priorities

MPs: up palliative care funding

  • Letters
Following the Commons’ rejection of assisted suicide as a response to end of life challenges, 60 MPs have together called for increased funding for care and research

MPs’ speeches: personal stories

  • Personal stories
MPs make clear that the issues surrounding end of life care and decisions are as real for them as for all, with moving and often passionate contributions from all sides of the House

MPs’ speeches: questions without answers

  • Q&As
A common theme in analysis of the Marris Bill debate throughout the day and since has been the failure, or inability, to defend the Bill and its principles
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