Hello from Cambridge this Thursday morning. recently, my time on the wards has made me more passionate about speaking out on this topic. I would love to hear your views too. Rosia :)
Krish Kandiah on the assisted dying bill:
ua-cam.com/video/sNrFEKnC38M/v-deo.html
Recent Marie Curie report: (www.mariecurie.org.uk/policy/better-end-life-report) exposing serious shortcomings in palliative and end-of-life care in this country, with over 100,000 people dying each year without receiving the palliative care they desperately need.
More than 3,400 medical professionals have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister warning that assisted suicide cannot be introduced safely while the NHS is “broken” (www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/10/assisted-dying-cannot-be-brought-in-safely-while-nhs-broken/).
The risks of assisted suicide have been movingly explored in the actor and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr’s recent BBC One documentary ‘Better Off Dead’ (ua-cam.com/video/gEysXRLTG5M/v-deo.htmlsi=g3KFx2umghZyFOnq), which I would encourage you to watch.
The documentary warns of the dangers of assisted suicide legislation for people with disabilities and living in poverty. As covered in this article (labourlist.org/2024/01/euthanasia-assisted-dying-suicide-prue-leith-esther-rantzen/) by Sir Stephen Timms MP, we have seen such dangers sadly become reality in other countries despite the supposedly strict safeguards that were in place when ‘assisted dying’ was first legalised.
Understanding assisted suicide: ua-cam.com/video/cHqdgikGFw4/v-deo.html
There is time to email your local MP-before Friday- many MPs have not made up their mind. It takes 30 seconds to email your MP using this link here:
righttolife.org.uk/ASthreat?u...
Here is another helpful blog post:
www.stag.org/assisted-dying/