High Court does not have capacity to preside over assisted dying bill, warns retired judge
The bill, in its current form, says an eligible patient must have the approval of two independent doctors and the High Court.
Doctors should be able to opt out of recommending assisted dying, MPs told
Doctors should be able to opt out of recommending assisted dying to terminally ill patients, MPs have been told.
New information service ‘would reassure medics and patients on assisted dying’
Dr Andrew Green, chairman of the British Medical Association’s medical ethics committee, called for such a service to be ...
Assisted dying Bill committee to hear from chief medical officer Chris Whitty
MPs scrutinising the assisted dying Bill will hear from England’s chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty as they ...
Swinney’s NHS recovery plan has no detail to make it a reality, doctors warn
John Swinney’s plan to save Scotland’s struggling NHS has no “detail” to make it a reality, doctors have warned after he ...
Doctors fuelled Covid misinformation among ethnic minorities, says Badenoch
Tory leader claims the British Medical Association broadcast false claims that the Government was withholding data ...
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UAE rescues 127 critically wounded patients, family members from Gaza
Notably, the UAE has provided approximately 50,000 tonnes of urgent aid, including food, medical, and relief supplies to the brotherly Palestinian people, to support them during the ongoing ...
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Doctors’ union warns NHS will struggle to last another year without reform
Dr Iain Kennedy, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland, said in his annual New Year message on Tuesday that current evidence suggests there will be a large increase in people ...
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NHS will struggle to last another year, say medics
The British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland, has issued its annual New Year message with a stark caution over the state of the health service. The doctors' union said "transformative" changes ...