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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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Applications to British universities are up 6.4 per cent this year, despite the introduction of top-up fees. Figures released today by university applications service Ucas show 395,307 people applied to enter higher education in 2007, some 23,624 more than in 2006. “These figures are encouraging for all who believe the expansion of higher education is… Read more »
The government has intervened in the university pay dispute and urged lecturers’ unions to put the latest offer to a ballot of their members. Higher education minister Bill Rammell said yesterday’s final offer of a 13.1 per cent pay increase over three years was rejected by union leaders “seemingly out of hand”. “I am extremely… Read more »
