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She said she was sceptical of the motives of peers who have tabled amendments to the legislation, saying “sometimes I wonder if people who are emotionally, or perhaps through their own background, opposed to assisted dying, find all these other explanations where the truth is that they would never find an amendment that would satisfy…

“I attended A&E multiple times complaining of pain, tachycardia (increased heart rate), sickness – I couldn’t keep anything down… but they didn’t listen.” Angel-Kay Mason fell pregnant with her daughter in June 2022 aged 19. Due to a family history of complex pregnancies, she says she was deemed to be high-risk but says she was…

The measure which most sets apart the Jersey legislation from the rest of the British Isles concerns the manner in which those eligible for an assisted death can end their lives. Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most…

Failures within the system have been known about, and reported on, for years. The BBC has spent more than a decade speaking to bereaved and harmed families following poor care at Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury & Telford, East Kent, Nottingham, Leeds and a number of other NHS Trusts, gathering evidence of failing maternity services.

This is not the first time a Labour government has tried to set a target for immediate access. In 2000, a 48-hour target was set, but by the 2005 election campaign it was causing controversy, with patients complaining that they could not book an appointment in advance because so many were being held back for…