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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 »
SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has asked for the government to pay attention to crypto currencies as the cost of living crisis leaves UK citizens with “nothing to lose”. Docherty-Hughes described the “unscrupulous” culture which can lead to “scams”. As inflation rises in the UK, the fear is that people “see only the upside” in investing… Read more »
In his first Westminster Hall speech of the new parliament, Conservative MP Bob Seely urged the incoming government to look again at the funding of unavoidably small hospitals in the UK. Seely told MPs of problems and pressures faced by smaller hospitals such as his Isle of Wight constituency’s St Marys. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak,… Read more »
