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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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New measures to prevent UK paedophiles travelling overseas have been announced to coincide with the day Gary Glitter was set to return to Britain. Former popstar Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was due to arrive at Heathrow airport on Wednesday morning after serving almost three years for sexual molestation of underage girls in Vietnam. He… Read more »
A children’s rights body has said that the government is failing to deal with sex offenders who return to the UK after committing crimes abroad. The report comes as former pop star Gary Glitter is set to return to the UK this week after serving a prison sentence for molesting two Vietnamese girls in 2006…. Read more »
