Stand out speech
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 »
In a speech that she said she wanted to be “about hope”, Labour’s Debbie Abrahams began the debate on dementia by discussing the importance of “investment in research and development”, and the “economic benefits” of doing so. Abrahams told the House that despite dementia being “the UK’s biggest killer”, the most exciting area of the… Read more »
Conservative MP, Robert Jenrick, began the debate with a speech in which he reminded MPs of their ”obligation of remembrance”. Jenrick paid tribute to the survivors, who “have borne witness to that evil and have served humankind”. The MP for Newark reminded MPs that as the survivors die, it becomes more important to “keep their… Read more »
