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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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David Cameron and Tony Blair battled over the state of the NHS in the Commons today, as hundreds of staff protested against the government’s health reforms outside. The Conservative leader said health professionals were “dismayed by the incoherence of current government policies” and the damage they were causing to the NHS. He was speaking as… Read more »
A total of 900 NHS staff have lost their jobs in the last five months because of financial problems and reorganisations in healthcare trusts, new figures show. Ministers said just 167 of the 903 compulsory redundancies since May were among clinical staff, and although they were “regrettable”, said they represented only a tiny fraction of… Read more »
