I wrote for Parliament News on why I think today's Assisted Dying vote in the Commons should be a No. The combination of this Bill and the current NHS would simply be toxic. parliamentnews.co.uk/please-not-t...

Please not this Bill, and not in our NHS | Parliament News

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

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As we approach another vote on Assisted Dying in the Commons, here is a link to a 3-part @BBCRadio4 Inside Health Special edition that I was a panelist for www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Assisted Dying: What might the final moments be like?

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

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With MPs set to vote on assisted dying tomorrow, I'm reminded of the three-part series on the topic I was part of for Inside Health on Radio 4, where we explored some of the nuances in more depth. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Assisted Dying: What might the final moments be like?

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

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When cancer claimed my wife, I witnessed the fear and helplessness that the late stages of serious illness can bring, and felt the pain of being unable to ease a loved one's suffering But having weighed the evidence... I believe this bill is the wrong way to achieve it – @patrickhurley.bsky.social

The impact assessment sets out why I cannot support the assisted dying bill

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...

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"It deeply troubles me that the government's own impact assessment projects savings of up to £84.8m a year from earlier deaths under assisted dying, treating the death of someone who requires costly care as a fiscal saving for the state." @patrickhurley.bsky.social many thanks for this.

PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 3w ago

When cancer claimed my wife, I witnessed the fear and helplessness that the late stages of serious illness can bring, and felt the pain of being unable to ease a loved one's suffering But having weighed the evidence... I believe this bill is the wrong way to achieve it – @patrickhurley.bsky.social

Important thread regarding Friday's Assisted Dying Terminally Ill Adults Bill

Prof Katherine Sleeman@katherinesleeman.bsky.social · 3w ago

On Friday, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons. Most MPs won’t have thought much about assisted dying since the last vote in June 2025.   🧵New evidence, published since June 2025, that MPs should know about

Issue with this is that palliative &social care shld be optimised first. Current Assisted Dying Bill has FIXED 4-year implementation period,not dependent on ensuring universal access to pall/soc care This was not an accident, but a policy choice. 'Palliative care access' PMB wld have made more sense

Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An important intervention from two parliamentarians who both have backgrounds as GPs. buff.ly/oVzLuGx

A reply from an MP on the content of Lauren Edwards' letter to Andy Burnham..from Steve Brine MP, who sat on the select committee quoted in her letter. x.com/BrineHealth/...

Steve Brine (@BrineHealth) on X

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 ...

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Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here is my statement responding to Andy Burnham’s comments on social care, palliative care and choice at the end of life.

And learn from Australia, esp Victoria, where palliative care funding has now been cut. x.com/thelizcarr/s...

Liz "blue tick" Carr (@thelizcarr) on X

@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...

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Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great piece from Michael Payne today. The debate around assisted dying should never be framed as a choice between improving palliative care and giving terminally ill people greater choice. We need to deliver both. Read the full article here:

Excellent summary in The Critic thecritic.co.uk/why-assisted...

Why assisted dying failed | Baroness O’Loan | The Critic Magazine

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…

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Not this Bill. It is unsafe.

Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here is my statement responding to Andy Burnham’s comments on social care, palliative care and choice at the end of life.

Problem with that argument is that current Bill has a FIXED 4-year implementation period,not dependent on fixing palliative/soc care. This was not an accident, but a policy choice. A palliative care access PMB wld have made more sense, but then I wld say that..(and did say that)

Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here is my statement responding to Andy Burnham’s comments on social care, palliative care and choice at the end of life.

Even groups that are neutral on Assisted Dying are deeply concerned about the flaws in this TIA Bill. Its promoters have tried to marginalise opposition to it, but they're misleading us& ignoring the evidence. If it goes ahead, there'll be an Inquiry within 5 ys. @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social

Introducing a Private Members Bill to ensure equal access to palliative care would not only benefit Rochester and Strood constituents, but wider provision of care in England and Wales @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

You've been calling for an assisted dying bill that doctors call dangerously unsafe and unworkable?

Absolutely infuriating that one of my colleagues has decided that what Parliament should focus on in the coming months - given everything going on in the world and here at home - is bringing back the assisted dying bill. Head in hands.

As a previous advocate for assisted dying, I categorically oppose this bill in its current form. It's dangerous and full of holes where the safeguarding should be.

@joemcateer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Except the majority of those opposing the bill seem to be doing it based on their beliefs, not due to safeguarding concerns.

This is painful. “It was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world” Umm, only by the people trying to push it through. 🧵 Brief thread of how others described the Bill:

Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It is a great privilege to have come second in the ballot for Private Member’s Bills. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I will be reintroducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. You can read my full statement on this here or on my website: buff.ly/I78DfUX

not the phrasing i’d have gone for

Comments from Labour MPs wrt @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social reintroduction of Assisted Dying bill: responses so far from Labour MPs:

I hope @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social looks at more than DiD propaganda. @capacitylaw.bsky.social's updated resource page on Terminally Ill Adults Bill - with links to key documents is essential. Anyone interested pls read: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/terminally-i...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill resources

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…

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Lauren Edwards MP@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It is a great privilege to have come second in the ballot for Private Member’s Bills. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I will be reintroducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. You can read my full statement on this here or on my website: buff.ly/I78DfUX

Interesting polling about the real priorities people have, versus what pressure groups are claiming wrt Assisted Dying. A PMB for access to palliative &end of life care wld be a better starting point @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...

Hoping someone who has come high in PMB ballot might consider a Bill to ensure universal & fair access to palliative care. Desmond Swayne , Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social , Dr Luke Evans @drlukeevans.org.uk It would be something that unites the whole community. #PalliativeCareForAll

The Other Half@otherhalforg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Backers of the Leadbeater assisted dying Bill want @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to take this Bill under her name, and push it through into law. That's why local residents in Rochester & Strood turned out this morning to share their opposition

NEW MRP poll: In the largest poll on assisted death since the Leadbeater Bill emerged, fewer than 1 in 10 Brits want their MP to prioritise the assisted death Bill.

'Can vs should' - our open access article in Future Health Journal @royalcollege.bsky.social

Dr Kathryn Mannix@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What happens if people don't anticipate the downward trajectory of their illness? They end up in crisis, in hospital, expecting high-level treatment - shocked to hear it won't help. Hence this plea from Drs Henderson, Lightbody & @profmarktaubert.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 6/

Our @thetimes.com Thunderer on the risks of six month prognostication in the Assisted Dying debate

10 years on from his death and the strange events that followed. #BowieForever RIP ⚡ time.com/4184257/davi...

We're in the Christmas BMJ this year! Reflecting on and weighing up the British National Formulary! #BMJChristmas @auralapothecary.pharmsky.app @velindrecc.bsky.social @vcclibrary.bsky.social @bmj.com

The BMJ@bmj.com · 10mo ago

"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF." Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ. Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice #BMJChristmas www.bmj.com/content/391/...

🎟️ In-person tickets now open: Do Not Resuscitate Forms – Who’d Have One? 👉 gres.hm/dnr-forms Join consultant and chair of Wales’ DNACPR policy, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social*, to explore DNACPR policy, end-of-life planning, scandals & tackling misinformation *@cardiffuni.bsky.social

Yet another Assisted Dying flyer in @bmj.com today, to convince us all how wonderful and choicey it will all be.