The General Medical Council, which regulates medical practice in the UK, has published guidance for the Investigation Committee and for … Read More
GMC: When a patient seeks advice or information about assistance to die.
GMC Guidance to doctors on patient requests for assisted suicide The General Medical Council, which regulates medical practice in the UK, … Read More
Baroness Neuberger to investigate claims on care for dying patients.
Care Services Minister, Norman Lamb, appoints Peer to carry out a review of the Liverpool Care Pathway after months of … Read More
NHS: Liverpool Care Pathway
In an oral answer to Baroness Knight of Collingtree, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department of Health announces … Read More
The Liverpool Care Pathway to dignity in death.
“My grandfather’s lingering demise shows why we need protocols for palliative care”. Dr Max Pemberton recalls his grandfather’s experience of … Read More
Hospitals treating Liverpool Care Pathway as just ‘another thing to do’.
Hospitals are placing patients on the controversial “pathway” to death without proper training for staff or even understanding how it … Read More
House of Commons debate on the Liverpool Care Pathway: Westminster Hall.
In the wake of sensationalist headlines and multiple allegations, Glyn Davies MP tables a debate on the topical Liverpool Care … Read More
The case for neutrality on assisted dying – A personal view.
In an article for the British Journal of General Practice Dr Clare Gerada argues for neutrality of the medical colleges … Read More
King’s College London – Assisted dying debate.
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery hosts a debate on the subject of ‘assisted dying’ We provide here … Read More
Don’t push me onto the death path, doc.
Patient resistance is growing to an NHS ‘care pathway’ for the terminally ill that critics fear is euthanasia by the … Read More