Barbara Shooter, 69, was told she has incurable MND less than three years after her railway executive husband, Adrian, 74, died of the disease in December 2022. Read more
Mail Online - Dec 28
Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any voteSenior opponents of assisted dying legislation have called on peers not to hold up the progress of the bill through parliament, warning there was a serious danger of the Lords losing demo... Read more
The Guardian - Dec 11
Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrongTime is running out to right the wrongs of England and Wales’s assisted dying legislation. The House of Lords is holding committee sittings, which involve line-by-line examinations ... Read more
Theguardiantheguardian - Dec 02
The Swiss lawyer who turned assisted death into a political and moral battleground has ended his own life at one of his clinics. Read more
Newsweek - Dec 01
Ludwig Minelli set up the first Dignitas clinic in 1998 to help the terminally and chronically ill to die on their own terms Read more
Mirror - Nov 30
A determined clique has tabled hundreds of amendments in an underhand attempt to thwart democracy. Read more
Express - Nov 29
The 1,000 proposed amendments to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords are designed to ensure it runs out of time in parliament Read more
The Scotsman - Nov 24
More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislationPeers will mount a new offensive to halt the assisted dying bill on Friday, tabling almost 1,000 new amendments to the legislation in an effort to run down the clock.More than half of th... Read more
The Guardian - Nov 13
On the wall in the Davison home in rural Dorset is a huge map of the world. Professor Sean Davison and his wife Raine are much travelled, as are their three children, aged 15, 14 and 11. Read more
Mail Online - Sep 21
Assisted dying would place added pressure on NHS, hospice and social care capacity, creating a "substantial task" for the healthcare system, especially as demand rises, according to a health thinktank. Read more
Skynew - Aug 28