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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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By politics.co.uk staff The government’s guidelines for British agents’ approach to detainees they suspect of being subject to torture are insufficient to protect them from prosecution, a human rights watchdog has warned. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to David Cameron, arguing that the current guidelines for operatives, issued in July, may… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Union leaders are taking advantage of their decisive role in securing Ed Miliband victory by piling pressure on the new Labour leader. Ed Miliband was behind his rival and elder brother David Miliband on both support from parliamentarians and the party membership – but won the Labour leadership election with just 50.65%… Read more »
