Wes Streeting: NHS Can’t Afford Assisted Dying and MPs Got It Wrong

Labour civil war as assisted dying and welfare cuts inflame Cabinet splits

Wes Streeting has warned that legalising assisted dying would take 'time and money' away from other parts of the NHS.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says there 'isn't a budget' in NHS for assisted dying law - The Mirror

The Health Secretary - one of the top opponents of the legislation - said assisted dying would take 'time and money' away from other parts of the health service

Streeting says NHS 'has no budget' for assisted dying and warns MPs have made 'wrong choice'

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who opposed the Assisted Dying Bill, has publicly voiced concerns over a lack of resources and other risks involved in setting up the service.

Wes Streeting: NHS can’t afford assisted dying and MPs got it wrong

The health secretary says letting terminally ill people end their lives could divert resources from elsewhere in the service

Streeting: Assisted dying will take ‘time and money that is in short supply’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said there is no budget for the assisted dying service, indicating cash might have to come from ‘trade-offs’ elsewhere.

NHS Could Face Cuts to Fund Assisted Suicide, Warns Streeting – The Daily Sceptic

NHS services could face cuts to cover the cost of carrying out assisted suicides as the £500m the new suicide service is estimated to require will have to come from existing budgets, the Health Secretary has warned.