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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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If this was a bad week for Keir Starmer, then what might a good one look like? With Westminster occupied by Labour’s £28 billion travails and closely scrutinising the electoral ramifications of its Rochdale debacle, Starmer found himself at the centre of an unremitting, even escalating crisis. His political and moral judgement was questioned anew;… Read more »
Two more by-elections for Westminster to digest — and potentially more misery for the beleaguered prime minister, Rishi Sunak. This isn’t the first time Sunak has faced a brace of by-elections on the same day, of course. The PM lost two seats simultaneously twice last year: first in Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome… Read more »
