Fixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, now that MPs have backed changing the law to allow assisted dying, senior doctors say. The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) says there is a risk the funding needed to pay for doctors and the courts to oversee assisted dying could divert money away from care for the dying.

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Getty ImagesFixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, now that MPs have backed

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York Central MP Rachael Maskell is strongly opposed to the Bill introduced by her Labour colleague Kim Leadbeater (Picture: House of Commons)  Labour MP Rachael Maskell has urged her colleagues to vote against the Assisted Dying Bill in Parliament today, saying their focus must be on improving palliative care. The former physiotherapist has become one of the leading voices of opposition to Kim Leadbeater’s Bill, telling Metro: ‘There’s absolutel…

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Labour MP says legalising assisted dying would require doctors to ‘do harm’

Hospices and palliative care should be funded “properly” before steps are taken to legalise assisted dying, according to the Church of England’s Commons representative.

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Labour MP Marsha de Cordova made the remarks as she responded to questions on behalf of the Church of England.

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An Oxfordshire MP has argued that palliative care is "not good enough" and that the Government must do better.

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Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/focus-on-palliative-care-not-assisted-dying/ Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Dr Mike Blaber has called for more funding and more focus on improving end-of-life care The state of end-of-life care needs needs to be “fixed” before considering legalising assisted dying, a palliative care specialist has said. MPs across the country are set to vote on […]

Call to fix palliative care before assisted dying, doctors urge

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