Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

The ChildLine founder revealed she had joined assisted dying organisation Dignitas

The President of the Region Eugenio Giani has enacted the law on the medically assisted end of life. The Tuscany Region makes it known, in a note. The PDL, approved by the Regional Council of Tuscany in February, had been frozen due to the formal appeal filed by the centre-right (Fi, Lega, FDI) who consulted the Regional Guarantee Board asking to evaluate whether the text complied with the Tuscany Statute based on the division of legislative pow…

Royal College of GPs Drops Opposition to Assisted Suicide, Adopts Neutral Position

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has dropped its long-standing opposition to a change in the law on assisted suicide and has taken up a neutral position. The RCGP, representing over 53,000 family doctors in the UK, announced on Friday that the decision had been made after 61 percent of its governing council voted to adopt a neutral stance. Thirty-nine percent voted for the RCGP to maintain opposition, and none voted in favour of…

Royal College of GPs eases stance on legalising assisted dying

It has moved to a position of neutrality – neither opposing nor supporting a change in the law.

For years, SV's incoming deputy leader Lars Haltbrekken has been strongly opposed to assisted suicide. Then he met Kenth, who suffers from MS, in Oppdal.

Dame Esther Rantzen’s joy as GP leaders change stance on assisted dying

Dame Esther has become a leading voice in the assisted dying campaign (Image: Getty) Dame Esther Rantzen has welcomed the “very good news” that GP leaders have dropped their opposition to assisted dying as the UK moves closer to changing its laws. The Royal College of GPs’ Council voted to shift to a neutral position after surveying almost 9,000 members, in what campaigners called a “watershed moment”. It follows similar moves from opposition t…