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 »
Latest articles
By Jonathan Moore and Alex Stevenson Public sector pay will be frozen for two years for those earning more than £21,000 a year, the chancellor announced in today’s Budget. The 1.7 million workers who earn less than the upper threshold, however, will receive a £250 flat pay-rise for each of those years. The move comes… Read more »
By Jonathan Moore There will be no increase in alcohol or tobacco duties, the chancellor announced today. The coalition government will also reverse the previous government’s plans to increase the duty on cider. There had been speculation drinkers could be hit by another increase in alcohol duty, after Labour chancellor Alistair Darling hiked the duty… Read more »
