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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 »
During digital, culture, media and sport questions, Labour’s Catherine West asked under-secretary Chris Philp how the government are tackling social media companies’ failures to address their platform’s cause of suicide and eating disorders. Philp welcomed the “important issue”, telling the House of Commons that children are covered by the harms that social media companies have… Read more »
During justice questions, Labour MP Alex Norris told justice under-secretary James Cartlidge that “progress is not quick enough” when it’s comes to the justice system. Norris described the data in his constituency to show “cases are delayed, crime is up, charges are down”. Cartlidge told the House of Commons that the UK are “making progress”… Read more »
