Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered his department to carry out a review of the costs of potentially changing the law to legalise assisted dying.

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Assisted dying would be funded ‘at expense of’ NHS services, warns Streeting

The health secretary has ordered officials to review the costs for the NHS of implementing changes in the law.

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Assisted dying law would hit other NHS services, Wes Streeting warns

Health secretary Wes Streeting has claimed the assisted dying bill passing into law would “come at the expense” of other NHS services. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be debated and likely voted on on 29 November, the first Commons vote on assisted dying since 2015. Speaking on Times Radio today (13 November), Mr Streeting confirmed that assisted dying had not been budgeted. The health secretary said: “If parliament chooses to …

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Streeting says assisted dying bill will come at expense of other NHS services

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said a new Bill that would make assisted dying legal could have a knock-on effect in other parts of the NHS

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Assisted dying cost probe ordered amid fears other parts of NHS could be hit

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

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Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

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Wes Streeting orders review into potential costs of introducing assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered a review into the costs of implementing state-run assisted suicide.
Streeting, who has said he will vote against the Private Members’ Bill on assisted suicide later this month, also said that there was a “chilling slippery slope argument” if people felt obligated to end their lives in order to save money.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater published the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Tuesday, barely …

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Streeting Orders Cost Review of Assisted Suicide

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Introducing assisted dying in England and Wales would divert NHS resources that could be used on other operations or services, the health secretary has warned. Wes Streeting said on Wednesday he had commissioned a review […]

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Implementing a new assisted dying law could come at the expense of other NHS services, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has suggested. The Cabinet minister – who plans to vote against the assisted dying Bill when it is debated later this month – told Times Radio on Wednesday that “it would be a big change”. He added: “There would be resource implications for doing it. And those choices would come at the expense of other choices. 
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Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

Implementing a new assisted dying law could come at the expense of other NHS services, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has suggested.The Cabinet minister - who plans to vote against the assisted dying Bill when it is debated later this month - told Times Radio on Wednesday that "it would be a big change".He added: "There would be resource implications for doing it. And those choices would come at the expense of other choices."And of course, we'd …

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Assisted dying: Wes Streeting orders review into potential costs of changing the law

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