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UK-based membership of the Swiss assisted dying centre Dignitas has grown by 50% in the last five years, new figures show. In 2024, there were 2,231 members of non-profit Dignitas (full name DIGNITAS – To live with dignity, die with dignity) compared to 1,430 in 2019. Membership – a prerequisite to having an assisted death… Read more »
Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
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By Peter Wozniak The government’s plans for NHS reform are untried, untested and pose a risk to the future of the NHS, a union has warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gave a lukewarm response to proposals spearheaded by health secretary Andrew Lansley in the white paper published this summer. In a statement it… Read more »
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