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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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Thursday night’s vote signifies three things: The slow electoral death of the Labour party, the chasm dividing Scottish and English politics and the emergence of Scottish independence as a tangible possibility. By-elections come and go and they all appear very important at the time, but rarely do they have repercussions which genuinely shake the political… Read more »
The Glasgow East by-election was a “trial of strength” won by the Scottish National party (SNP) against “London Labour”, Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has said. The SNP’s John Mason overturned a Labour majority of over 13,000 to win by 635 votes, snatching Labour’s third safest seat in Scotland in the process. Speaking at a… Read more »
