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Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
On 22 October, for the first time in years, the UK Parliament will debate legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, fully supports the Assisted Dying Bill as a landmark step towards much-needed reform. It will be… Read more »
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Up to 13,000 NHS hospital beds are being used unnecessarily every year because patients are not being discharged quickly enough, a new report claims. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues that roughly £975 million is being wasted as a result of overlong hospital stays. In a study, The Future Hospital: The Progressive Case… Read more »
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