Watch Heston: My life with bipolar - NHS means well, but is unable to provide consistent & equal support to people with bipolar across UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029k2h/heston-my-life-with-bipolar
Now consider how the assisted dying will work in practice. In the wealthier parts of the South East, the assisted dying process may be careful and dignified. But what about the poorer parts of the UK? It could easily become a way to dispose of the less fortunate. #assisteddyingbill

MPs have voted to stop doctors suggesting assisted dying to under-18s — a welcome safeguard.

But many of the bill's original protections have already been removed, raising fears of coercion, rushed decisions and abuse.
Vox Political supports assisted dying with proper safeguards.

This bill no longer guarantees them.

Read our full analysis and what you can do before the next debate on June 20:

https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98599
#AssistedDyingBill #UKParliament #RightToDie #SafeguardsMatter #VoxPolitical

Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery after #Goya @Independent on #Starmer #Farage #Immigration #ReturnHubs #IslandOfStrangers #ReformUK #AssistedDyingBill – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Important warnings by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the UK Assisted Dying Blll, currently in the formative stages in parliament.

If you are a UK citizen, write to your MP and make them aware of the issues.

Quotes:

UMMET NEEDS: "There should be a requirement for a holistic assessment of unmet need: Treatable needs such as intolerable pain, financial hardship and inadequate care or housing can make a person want to die. Yet the Bill makes no provision to assess unmet needs at any stage, nor consult others involved in the person’s care or life."

LACK OF QUALIFIED STAFF: "There are not enough consultant psychiatrists to do what the Bill asks: As things currently stand, mental health services simply do not have the resource required to meet a new range of demands."

#AssistedDyingBilL #AssistedDying #euthanasia #supportlifenotdeath

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2025/05/13/the-rcpsych-cannot-support-the-terminally-ill-adults-(end-of-life)-bill-for-england-and-wales-in-its-current-form

The UK's assisted dying bill may be well-intentioned, but the way it is being developed in the final parliamentary stages is worrying.

There are good arguments for giving a person a free choice on ending their life.

In practice, there will be people who are suffering because of lack of care and who want to escape their suffering. They should be offered proper care in life, not an exit from life.

And there will be many who will come under pressure from their family or doctors to just go. Those cases will be impossible to identify.

People with disabilities will be particularly exposed to these risks.

They may ask to die, simply because they are unsupported in life.

The drafting of the new bill ignores all these concerns.

If you are a UK citizen, write to your MP and explain your concens.

An important piece by #LucyWebster on how disability issues are ignored in the draft UK #AssistedDyingBill.

#AssistedDying #disabilities #euthanasia

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/14/assisted-dying-bill-disabled-people-parliament

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedDying @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

##assisteddyingbill

Leadbetter now says judges don't have to be involved.

Legal basis of killing people determined by panel of experts.

This can't be right.

Some evidence on medical assistance in dying, suggesting that its availability does not normalise its use. The main indications are amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and terminal cancer. #assisteddying #assistedsuicide #AssistedDyingBill

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2827642

outstanding. via bluesky

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/12/we-need-to-talk-about-dying?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1733247921

very much like how my mother died

#assisteddying #assisteddyingbill #death

Normal Island News

Government explains euthanasia is brilliant for reducing benefits bill
We need to close the economic blackhole somehow...

Euthanasia legislation currently making its way through parliament has prompted concerns about the proposed safeguards. While some would rather die with dignity than spend a second longer in piss-soaked Britain, others are worried that government policy could be driven by compassion...

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/government-explains-euthanasia-is?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #AssistedDyingBill

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a.k.a. the "assisted dying bill", has passed Second Reading in the Commons.

This means that MPs support the bill in principle, but not necessarily that they want this bill to become law. It now goes to committee stage where the details will be debated, and possibly amended.

But it's clear that nearly every party was divided on the issue, and there's no guarantee that the bill will become law in the end.

#ukpoli #AssistedDyingBill

I'll give it within 6 months of the #assisteddyingbill being passed before one of the psychopathic ghouls who carry out "medical assessments"* for the DWP to suggest to someone, "have you ever thought about assisted dying?" * not actually medical assessments #assisteddying

Liz Kendall voted in favour of assisted dying. I guess we can expect an Assist With Assisted Dying sub department at the DWP, then. #assisteddying #assisteddyingbill

There are two #AssistedDyingBill s. One going through Westminster, one about to go through Holyrood. If the bill passes in Westminster it will go ahead. If the bill passes in Holyrood it will be quashed https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/11/29/death-is-devolved/

Struggling to watch the introduction to the #AssistedDyingBill in parliament just now. The stories are bringing up memories of my own mum and her death by cancer.

I'm sure most supporting the #assisteddyingbill have good intentions, but we are entering darker times. Due to Covid, we have an increasing sick & disabled population, & world politics seems to be shifting rightwards. I can't help think such legislation will eventually be abused. Please vote against

These MPs keep taking about the #AssistedDyingBill keep saying that they have a free vote, it's not what the party say, it's what their conscience says. Wait. What about your constituents?