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Thousands of doctors & nurses issue stark warning

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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

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“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

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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

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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”

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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

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

Welsh Parliament rejects assisted suicide

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A motion proposing support for a change in the law at Westminster is voted down 26-19.

MP Kim Leadbeater to bring new assisted suicide bill

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Gordon Macdonald urges MPs to consider new polling, which paints a far more complex picture of public opinion than usually claimed.

CNK responds to “citizens jury” report

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“Two thirds of the panel… were… in favour of changing the law… before taking any evidence. So, what could have been a serious contribution to this important debate seemingly fails the impartiality test.”

CNK responds to new Falconer Bill

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  • Dr Gordon Macdonald
‘…a bill that sends a dog whistle message to the terminally ill, vulnerable, elderly and disabled people, that their lives are worth less than others.’

European Court: no assisted suicide right

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“The Court observed that there were potentially broad social implications and risks of error and abuse involved in the provision of physician-assisted dying.

Petition the 2024 Parliament

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With the July 2024 General Election set to massively reshape the House of Commons, join us in sending a message to incoming MPs.
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