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Keep assisted dying laws simple, says Whitty

Meanwhile, Retired High Court judge Nicholas Mostyn said he thought it would be "impossible" for the High Court to rule…

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Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

One RCN member from the south-east of England said she was now working on corridors nearly every shift and had…

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Gaza babies dying from the cold as winter temperatures drop

"I never thought I would give birth living in a tent, in such cold and freezing conditions, with water dripping…

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Tears, hope and fear as assisted dying bill passed

Around the corner, less than a minute’s walk away on College Green, those opposed to the bill are also gathering.They…

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Fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying

A number of MPs who backed the assisted dying bill claimed introducing it would help improve palliative care.They pointed to…

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MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who put forward the bill, said the current law was "failing" and needed to change to…

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Focus on palliative care not assisted dying – doctor

St Giles Hospice, in Lichfield, warned in the summer it was dealing with a £1.5m deficit.Its CEO Elinor Eustace said…

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How does assisted dying work in other countries?

Across the US, assisted dying - which some critics prefer to call assisted suicide - is legal in 10 states,…

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Ex-prime minister David Cameron backs assisted dying bill

Brown, a longstanding critic of assisted dying, told BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme: "An assisted dying law, however well intended,…

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‘If assisted dying was legal, I’d have missed precious time with family’

The 50-year-old relies on two different forms of morphine and a high-strength co-codamol to manage the pain. Some days "they…

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