Jersey Minister's Concerns over Assisted Dying Consent Waiver

Jersey minister's concerns over assisted dying consent waiver

Deputy Barbara Ward says the waiver could be considered to breach ethics and the law.

Amendment would block pre-approved assisted dying if capacity is lost

ISLANDERS who give approval to their own assisted death but lose capacity before it takes place would be prevented from proceeding, under an amendment proposed by an Assistant Health Minister. Deputy Barbara Ward is seeking to remove what is known as the “waiver of requirement for future capacity” from the Island’s draft assisted-dying legislation. This provision would allow an assisted death to proceed even if a patient became unconscious or lo…