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GPs split over assisted dying plans, BBC research suggests
Current laws prevent medics from helping any patient to carry out their wish to die. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) ...
Assisted dying law 'unworkable, unaffordable and naive' says partnership of UK's leading social care groups
Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday. But a group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the ...
Is the tide really turning against assisted dying?
A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than ...
Advertising assisted dying set to be banned in attempt to strengthen Bill
Kim Leadbeater has proposed that advertising assisted dying services should be banned as she attempts to strengthen her Bill ...
Huge assisted dying battle looms as future of bill hangs in balance
The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and ...
Life or death decisions as politicians weigh up assisted dying vote
MSPs will vote this week on whether or not to allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to end their lives.
Final plea to push assisted dying plans over the line to provide 'choice, control and dignity'
MSPs undecided ahead of a vote on Scotland’s assisted dying laws have been urged to listen to the people at the heart of the ...
Half of people fear timing of assisted dying law alongside benefits cuts, poll shows
MPs due to vote on controversial legislation this week, but Labour prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to miss debate ...