Gillian Keegan
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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A coordinated series of strikes involving teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers, will see up to half a million workers go on strike across Britain today. It marks the single biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade. Around 85% per cent of the 23,000 state schools in England and… Read more »
Education secretary Gillian Keegan has said she believes that 16-year-olds are old enough to make a decision on changing gender. Ms Keegan told Sky News that she was “working at 16, I was paying tax at 16, I could make decisions for myself at 16” in answer to a question over whether it was too… Read more »
