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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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Despite a projected tight round of public spending, the chancellor is expected to make extra money available to tackle failing schools. The prime minister has already said no school should be failing by 2012, threatening schools that do not have 30 per cent of pupils achieving five good GCSEs with closure. The Guardian has learnt… Read more »
The number of 14-year-olds reaching an adequate level in maths has fallen while “slight improvements” have been seen in English and Science attainment. In the past year the number of pupils achieving the benchmark level 5 at key stage three mathematics has fallen one per cent to 76 per cent of all pupils. English and… Read more »
