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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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Work and Pensions Minister Margaret Hodge has been sharply criticised after she suggested that former Rover workers should seek a job at Tescos. Since the collapse of Rover, more than 6,000 people have lost their mainly skilled jobs. About 1,000 are believed to have found new work. In an interview with the Wolverhampton Express &… Read more »
Chancellor Gordon Brown has taken his campaign on Africa to a class of Scottish school children. In an effort to highlight the gulf in experiences between children in Africa and those in the West, the chancellor made a keynote speech on justice for the continent. Addressing pupils at the Inverkeithing high school in Mr Brown’s… Read more »
