Hospices should not be viewed as a “nice-to-have” service, industry leaders have said, as it emerged that hundreds of hospice beds are not in use in England. One hospice boss
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Assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament. A majority of MPs, including Prime Minister Sir
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Parliament’s longest serving MPs, Sir Edward Leigh and Diane Abbott, have made a joint plea for colleagues to reject assisted dying legislation, and allow for more time to consider the
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been accused of crossing a line by stating his opposition to the assisted dying Bill and making a “huge moral issue” instead about money. Labour
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Hospice bosses have warned they are facing an “insurmountable funding gap,” and concerns are mounting that they may have to turn people away. Insisting “funding is in crisis”, the chief
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A disability rights campaigner opposed to the assisted dying bill has argued care services should be prioritised over the “naive” proposal. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will
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The Prime Minister has pledged to study the details of a new assisted dying Bill as he insisted no MPs will face pressure ahead of the first Commons debate on
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Hospices have warned they are facing “unsustainable” financial pressures as they revealed they are having to rely on a larger income from their charity shops than the funding they are
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Proposals to change the law to give terminally ill people “choice at the end of life” are to be introduced in Parliament this month. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she
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The number of people living with dementia who require end-of-life care is set to “substantially increase” in the coming years, according to a study. Researchers project anywhere between 399,000 to
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