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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 Ian Dunt Police, politicians and protest leaders were picking up the pieces today, after a day of violence in central London prompted outrage in political circles. From Seoul, David Cameron gave a series of interviews condemning the violent sections of the protest and promising to push ahead with government plans to raise tuition fees…. Read more »
By Peter Wozniak David Cameron has dismissed George W. Bush’s claims that waterboarding terrorist suspects saved lives in the UK. The prime minister distanced himself from the former US president’s comments that conducting the controversial practise of simulating drowning on terrorist suspects such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – who was allegedly waterboarded 183 times –… Read more »
