UK: Private Member’s Bill introduced
Increasing public support for assisted dying suggests the time is ripe.
Increasing public support for assisted dying suggests the time is ripe.
Following a landslide vote in the parliament in 2022, an assisted dying bill was read in the Lower House.
In early December, an inquiry was launched to explore the arguments across the debate with a focus on the healthcare aspects of assisted dying. The
The British Medical Association (BMA), the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at
On Tuesday April 27, Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, called on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to publish any relevant data regarding the
More than half of British GPs think organisations such as the RCGP and the BMA should drop opposition to assisted dying and adopt a ‘neutral stance’. That is the conclusion of a poll, organised by campaign group Dignity in Dying.