Assisted dying bill vote
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They all talk about how they love getting to know their patients and their families.But all three have different views on assisted dying.Right now, the law here is clear: medics cannot help patients to take their own lives.
Almost two-thirds of general practice nursing staff are supportive of the assisted dying bill, though less are sure on their involvement
Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday. But a group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed change to the law, flagging worries about coercion.
Almost one in four GPs would be prepared to be involved in assisted dying to its completion, a new Pulse survey has revealed.
Lawmakers have not specified which life-ending drugs could be prescribed under New York's physician-assisted death bill.
Kim Leadbeater has proposed that advertising assisted dying services should be banned as she attempts to strengthen her Bill before it is put before Parliament. The Labour MP, who is sponsoring the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would allow people in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to end their lives,
The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and are in the final six months of their life to request assistance from a doctor to end their life. A government assessment has estimate there could eventually be up to 4,500 assisted deaths each year,
Kim Leadbeater said she had heard arguments to strengthen end of life care in her assisted dying bill amid concerns from MPs and campaigners about unequal access to palliative care