RT @DrBenSpencer: Given the Bill's flaws, the Terminally Ill Adults (end of life) Bill Committee has its work cut out. Had I been appointed…

@sjblakemore He was one of the most influential teachers in my time at university and a privilege to learn from . This resounds with me as I wouldn’t be who I am without that experience . This is why I do what I do in palliative medicine.Thank you for this .

Why the UK’s assisted dying bill won’t work

RT @ProfMarkTaubert: Those opting for Track 2 #AssistedDying were less likely to list an immediate family member as their next of kin, ofte…

RT @STAGEDOC: "Despite frequent assertions to the contrary, no jurisdiction which has legalised assisted suicide has been able to restrict…

RT @ddhitchens: Some MPs are now calling for the court safeguard to be dropped in the vast majority of cases; for discussion of dispensing…

RT @ddhitchens: Kim Leadbeater, Nov 23: Admits to Politics Home that it’s misleading to say “High Court judge” as the bill nowhere requires…

RT @DrJamesEglinton: My Credo column in today’s @thetimes @timesscotland. If you’re an MP/MSP, we need to know how you answer this questio…

RT @kesleeman: Good interview with @RachaelMaskell on setting up a commission on palliative care, and she makes an incredibly important poi…

RT @SaulStaniforth: Diane Abbott: "We're moving to a situation where it will be cheaper for a GP to get a very ill person to sign on the do…

RT @dsnorthnorth: Today I voted against the Assisted Dying Bill with hundreds of other colleagues from, but I was unable to make the speech…

RT @kesleeman: I’ve heard a lot in the past weeks “if you legalise assisted dying, palliative care improves”. As though one automatically…

RT @DrCalumMiller: It will be fascinating to see the breakdown of the assisted suicide vote by ethnicity. Ethnic minority MPs appear to be…

What the death bill tells us about life - UnHerd

RT @BBCNewsnight: “I’m shocked a Labour government would do this…and make this one of the first things they do.” “Do you blame the Prime…

@IanByrneMP As a former president for the association for palliative medicine I assure you we will do everything to support this . Keep up the pressure and we will keep providing that care

RT @IanByrneMP: We were unsuccessful getting my Children’s Hospices Funding Bill read today. We go again Friday 24th January. We won’t st…

We will legislate for assisted suicide but not hear this yet.. cart before a massive horse . Shame on parliament

RT @kesleeman: Dr Ben Spencer, an MP with background as a psychiatry doctor and who has a PhD in assessment of capacity in vulnerable peopl…

RT @spectator: 'Many MPs, in five- or ten-years’ time, will claim sheepishly that ‘we didn’t know this would happen’, or ‘we didn’t vote fo…