Assisted dying amendment requires doctors to raise all other options first
Proposed change follows concerns raised by experts about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacityUK politics live – latest updatesDoctors in England and Wales will not be permitted to raise assisted dying with patients without first explaining palliative care and other support options, Kim Leadbeater has said, tabling a series of new amendments to her bill, detailed scrutiny of which will begin next week.A committee of MPs will begin line-by-line examination of the terminally ill adults bill next week including a number of amendments added by Leadbeater, some on government advice. A number of concerns about the bill were raised by expert witnesses at hearings last week – including about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacity. Continue reading...
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Proposed change follows concerns raised by experts about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacity
Doctors in England and Wales will not be permitted to raise assisted dying with patients without first explaining palliative care and other support options, Kim Leadbeater has said, tabling a series of new amendments to her bill, detailed scrutiny of which will begin next week.
A committee of MPs will begin line-by-line examination of the terminally ill adults bill next week including a number of amendments added by Leadbeater, some on government advice. A number of concerns about the bill were raised by expert witnesses at hearings last week – including about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacity. Continue reading...
