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Harvie Bill: what others say

  • Submissions
A selection of extracts from submissions to the Health and Sport Committee, which has led scrutiny of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

Holyrood bill committee reports

  • Press Releases
The report by the Health and Sport Committee, which is leading scrutiny of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill, makes clear that this deeply flawed proposal must be rejected by MSPs at the earliest opportunity

DPP guidelines: legal challenge

  • Articles
Director of Public Prosecutions faces new legal challenge for ‘clarifying’ guidelines on prosecutions for assisted suicide

‘…to see you out, nice’

  • Articles
Bruce Forsyth’s recent pronouncements on assisted suicide for dementia patients are seriously misguided

Assisted suicide – bills update

  • Articles
In the face of two major threats the price of freedom is eternal vigilance

Defying the endgame

  • Personal stories
‘The boy who once had 24 hours to live was defying the odds’ – thanks to an inspiring visitor

Palliative care reality floodlit

  • Articles
New research highlights significant diagnosis-based disparity in provision. 111,000 in the UK who would benefit have no access, but the vast majority who do receive care report good standards and – would-be MPs, take note – increasing access could save the NHS tens of millions.

Palliative medics: still no to AS

  • Letters
Senior figures in palliative medicine restate the doctors’ case for opposing assisted suicide for their patients

‘Scottish legal position clear’

  • Letters
Suggestions that the current legal settlement concerning assisted suicide in Scotland is ambiguous are scotched

Scottish bill guides published

  • Resources
As the stage one debate draws closer, Care Not Killing releases guides to Patrick Harvie’s assisted suicide proposals for Scotland

6.3% of Belgian deaths now E&AS

  • Articles
New analysis finds that 4.6% of deaths in Belgium are by euthanasia, 0.05% by assisted suicide and 1.7% are ‘hastened… without explicit request from patient’

MPs report on end of life care

  • Articles
The Commons Health Select Committee report on end of life care was welcomed – cautiously
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