As a palliative care consultant, I remember the moment in 2024 on a wet and grey autumn afternoon when I was talking to a hospital patient during a ward

James Gallagher and the panel consider if an assisted death can guarantee a peaceful end.

James Gallagher and the panel consider if an assisted death can guarantee a peaceful end.

When the new assisted dying bill is brought before the House of Commons on Friday, MPs will again be asked to vote on a policy issue charged with i...

We assembled the evidence to inform Parliament - not to endorse either side and worked assiduously to achieve that. To suggest the Committee concluded that assisted dying and palliative care ‘must go ...

@PaulBrandITV No, assisted suicide & good palliative care don't go 'hand in hand'. In Victoria, Australia, where Ms Edwards hails from, after 5 years of their assisted suicide bill's implementatio...

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill had no democratic mandate. It was a Private Members’ Bill, not a government initiative. There had been no pre-legislative scrutiny, no consultation…

Introduction On 14 June 2026, Lauren Roberts announced that she would use her position (second) in the Private Members Ballot to re-introduce the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.  It appea…

Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appeal

If clinicians start approaching assisted dying as a possible solution for patients, will they assume ‘doctor knows best’ and go ahead?

In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules

While sexist attitudes do harm outcomes, the ‘reverse gender gap’ is being weaponised against women

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, and it follows on from earlier posts about the proposed Assisted Dying reforms here, here and here. In Assisted