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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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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has urged British citizens in Georgia to “leave as soon as possible”. Travel advice to the eastern European state has been amended after the country became embroiled in a conflict with neighbouring Russia over the region of South Ossetia. Thousands of people have died after violence broke out on… Read more »
A poll published in the News of the World newspaper today shows that 46 per cent of people think that the prime minister Gordon Brown should resign. Mr Brown’s leadership credentials have been called into question after the party lost one of its safest seats to the Scottish National Party in last month’s Glasgow-East by-election…. Read more »
