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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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The backlash against a report which called for people to move from poor northern cities to London has triggered a massive backlash from the Conservative party, which has close links with the thinktank which produced it. Michael Gove, shadow education secretary and the founder of the centre-right Policy Exchange which produced the report, told the… Read more »
A new standards watchdog has to monitor the condition of private rented property because so much of it is in “poor condition and is poorly managed”, according to the Law Commission. The Commission also found the law does not operate as it is intended to, causing the market to slip further into a state of… Read more »
