RCGP press release 14 March 2025 The Royal College of General Practitioners’ Council has voted to move to a position of neither supporting nor opposing
Increasing public support for assisted dying suggests the time is ripe.
The new Starmer government together with a tremendous shift in public opinion shows promise for a new law.
Between 2003-2023 there was a 9% year increase in UK residents travelling to Switzerland to have assisted dying.
“Overwhelming majority of the public support a change in the law”
Following a landslide vote in the parliament in 2022, an assisted dying bill was read in the Lower House.
Following Faith Impact Forum’s request to reaffirm opposition to assisted dying, the General Assembly voted in favour of considering a range of theological views.
On January 20, Scottisch Daily Express reports that experts from Our Duty of Care (ODOC), healthcare professionals opposed to assisted suicide, sent briefing to MSPs
