US EditionThe NHS can afford assisted dying, Starmer tells Streeting
- A parliamentary debate on the Assisted Dying Bill saw MPs vote 314 to 291 in favor, with Kim Leadbeater proposing an amendment to ban related advertisements.
- The bill proposes that terminally ill adults with less than six months to live may opt for assisted suicide, with final approval pending in the House of Lords.
- Chris Coghlan, an MP, was warned by his priest that he would be denied communion for supporting the bill, stating it was an 'obstinate public sin.'
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting expressed concerns about the NHS's capacity to provide adequate end-of-life care, emphasizing the need for sufficient provisions.
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Misgivings about assisted dying? Depends on the viewpoint
It was a pleasure to read Victor Pace’s opinion on the deep misgivings about assisted dying published on Times of Malta; a respected palliative care specialist working in the United Kingdom, a country which just voted in a bill on assisted dying. Malta would have greatly benefitted from his expertise over the past decades.I was...
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