US EditionAround 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against ‘unsafe’ assisted dying Bill
- MPs will vote on 20 June on a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales with six months to live to request assisted dying.
- This bill follows earlier parliamentary stages and proposals but faces opposition from about 1,000 doctors worried about inadequate safeguards and patient risks.
- Doctors warn the bill risks coercion of vulnerable groups, widening social inequalities, and relies on inaccurate six-month prognoses made by doctors nearly 40% of the time.
- Senior medical professionals, including several honored with OBEs and CBEs, have described the bill as a serious risk to patient safety and the healthcare workforce, urging MPs to vote against its passage.
- If passed, the bill is expected to have significant consequences for families, healthcare workers, and end-of-life care, prompting calls for more comprehensive debate and safeguards.
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Around 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against ‘unsafe’ assisted dying Bill
In a letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Bill provides ‘inadequate safeguards’.
·London, United Kingdom
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'It's simply not safe': A thousand doctors write to MPs urging them to vote against assisted dying bill
Supporters of the bill say it would allow terminally ill patients from England and Wales to end their lives "on their own terms", providing they have a life expectancy of six months or less.
·United Kingdom
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