They Shoot Horses, don't they?

[Odds]

It's not a promising sign that the Health Secretary is set to vote against the bill

In that case you'll be pleased to hear that...A significant proportion of NHS medical staff in England and Wales are likely to exercise a “conscience clause” if assisted dying is legalised by parliament. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s bill stipulates that no doctor would be under any obligation to participate in assisted dying.

the Guardian

If you want access to a dignified end-to-life scheme, the government will make sure you have to tick all the boxes - then find a doctor willing to carry out the procedure.

 

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In that case you'll be pleased to hear that...A significant proportion of NHS medical staff in England and Wales are likely to exercise a “conscience clause” if assisted dying is legalised by parliament. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s bill stipulates that no doctor would be under any obligation to participate in assisted dying.

Not pleased or displeased, but unsurprised, the government shafts nhs staff on pay and conditions, now threatens to sack leaders who dont perform (i.e. implement government polices that are crackpot under funded, bureaucratic, or all three). And then asks them to kill the elderly or disabled who have a disproprtionately high rates of cancer. And might get 14 years into the bargain.

the Guardian

If you want access to a dignified end-to-life scheme, the government will make sure you have to tick all the boxes - then find a doctor willing to carry out the procedure.

A bureaucratic disaster waiting to happen, just to get good publicity for mp’s. Wes can see it coming.

 

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I wonder if there will be a time limit on the court order?

As it stands you'd probably have to get your application in 12 months before, for it to have a chance of getting approved.

 

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It appears more people are in favour of the Bill: In 2019, a Royal College of Physicians poll found 31% in favour and 43% opposed; and a Royal College of GPs survey the same year found 40% in favour and 47% opposed. A BMA survey in 2020 found 50% backed assisted dying, with 39% opposed. A survey of members of the British Islamic Medical Association this year found that about nine out of 10 opposed doctors prescribing or administering life-ending medication, and 56% said the legalisation of assisted dying would affect their choice of career.


Given time, i think it will become less controversial to seek a compassionate end-to-life, especially since religious objections grow fewer by the year as more people aren't regular church goers.