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A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
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Next month’s UK-EU summit will be the most consequential since Britain withdrew from the European Union. For the first time since the 2016 referendum, we are negotiating with our closest neighbours on specific ways to enhance rather than diminish this most important relationship. With all that has happened this year, it is right that defence… Read more »
They are not the type to contact their MP. They’re too busy running their businesses, looking after kids, training staff, and keeping the lights on. But in recent months, a steady stream of women — salon owners, nursery managers, after-school club operators — have been doing something they’ve never done before: writing to me as… Read more »
