UK End‑of‑Life Policy Monitor

Prime Minister Andy Burnham insists assisted dying legislation must wait until social care and palliative care funding are fixed, effectively...

Canada's MAiD programme continues to suffer widespread administrative errors, including missing forms and inadequate practitioner training, with 2,833...

Prime Minister Burnham has called for fixing palliative and social care funding before any assisted dying debate, delivering a blow to legalisation...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham insists palliative and social care funding must be fixed before assisted dying legislation, arguing debate is...

• Political setback: PM insists palliative and social care must be fixed before any assisted dying debate, likely shifting Labour votes ahead of 11...

New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, signed Feb. 6 by Gov. Hochul, takes effect Aug. 5 and makes the state the 14th U.S. jurisdiction to permit the...

PM Burnham argues assisted dying debate must follow fixes to palliative and social care funding, calling it "very challenging" otherwise.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham states that palliative and social care funding must be fixed before any assisted dying debate, arguing it is challenging...

Australia's 2005 Criminal Code blocks telehealth for lawful VAD, risking $300k fines for doctors.

• Personal toll: Regional patients like Patrick...

New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act faces two lawsuits ahead of its Aug. 5 effective date: disability rights groups argue that the law discriminates...

Labor's national conference has resolved to repeal the federal telehealth ban on voluntary assisted dying through a conscience vote, targeting a key...

The Supreme Court will hear dual appeals in Townsend v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, clarifying whether the Court of Protection...

Relationships become evidence when families assist assisted dying abroad, triggering police investigations and potential forfeiture claims that could...

Not Dead Yet UK is mobilising against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ahead of its 11 September second reading.

• The bill, reintroduced...

No significant updates today.

Yorkshire healthcare professionals and the regional press present a unified stance against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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UK Parliamentary Developments

• 🔥 New Assisted Suicide Bill: Lauren Edwards MP has introduced a bill identical to the failed Terminally Ill Adults...

Australia's Labor Party has endorsed telehealth for voluntary assisted dying assessments to improve access for regional and remote patients who face...

Australia's Labor Party has endorsed removing federal criminal code barriers to telehealth consultations for voluntary assisted dying, explicitly to...

Catholic nursing homes and nuns have sued New York over its Medical Aid in Dying Act, claiming the "narrowest" opt-out in the nation forces religious...