Assisted dying amendment requires doctors to raise all other options first
Proposed change follows concerns 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 before detailed scrutiny of it begins 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 put forward by expert witnesses at hearings last week, including about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacity. Continue reading...
Proposed change follows concerns 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 before detailed scrutiny of it begins 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 put forward by expert witnesses at hearings last week, including about protection from coercion and measuring mental capacity. Continue reading...
