The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has joined six other healthcare organisations in expressing “significant collective concern” around proposed changes to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
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A pharmacist has told the House of Lords that substances used in assisted dying would not be considered medicines when used to bring about death, as this purpose is not covered by the Human Medicines Regulations
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Assisted dying: Care providers concerned over risk of workforce ‘division’
#nursesky #assistedying #nurses #socialcare #CareEngland
“The opinion of the College is that these deaths should be notified to the coroner, as due to the review processes involved, it is lawyers, not doctors, that are the most
appropriate professionals to review these deaths” #coroner #assistedying
Ending mental health awareness week with a little controversy
#poetry #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawarenessweek #assistedying #choice #health #caring #dignity #respect #aging #mature #over60 #over50 #dementia
I really struggle to understand people who are against Assisted dying.
If I had a terminal illness with approx* 6 months to live and those 6 months were going to be in pain & misery, having a dignified death on my terms would be a no-brainer for me. #assistedying
Recently, there's been talk about assisted dying here in the UK.
What are your views about assisted dying? Are you for or against it and why?
Wanting a pagan point of view and I'd love to hear as many points as possible.
#pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #druidsky #assistedying #death #gooddeath
MPs on the Public Bill Committee will hear expert evidence on the #assistedying Bill tomorrow.
How were witnesses chosen & why is it controversial?
Our Parliament Matters podcast special series explores this. Listen to the first episode now: https://buff.ly/4aBbaUF
🧵The #assistedying bill committee has decided to sit in private for a short while to consider the list of witnesses they want to give oral evidence on future sittings. I was in the public gallery with about 20 others so we are now outside while the MPs deliberate. 1/
"Nudging" is a concept in public health where individuals are subtly encouraged to make life choices instead of paternalistically being told what to do. Eg messages that reward not smoking.
Nudging works.
If the bill passes how much will we see nudging toward assisted dying? #assistedying
I hope that rather than the current lack of concern for their members the UK therapy regulatory bodies can get their heads out their backsides and consider thoughtful, nuanced and useful guidance around working with assisted dying.
#therapy #skytherapists #assistedying
Disbelief & emotion - Supporters of assisted dying celebrate after their successful historic vote in parliament. #assistedying #ukpolitics
As someone who has had time over the past year to contemplate death, I really hope that the #assistedying legislation is voted through on Friday. In most of these cases, dignity will already have been lost in final months of life, the least we can do as a society is give them dignity in death #uk
Thank you @iandunt.bsky.social for an excellent piece on #assistedying and the proposed Bill. I wish that there had been proper debate based on the issues outlined. I was very moved by your balanced and empathic writing
That's very rude,I've never trolled there or anywhere. We're all entitled to a freedom of choice, mine is against #assistedying & to date I'm still free to say so. Horrendous #Liverpoolpathway is eg.of why UK shouldn't do this. Govts must take good care of people from #NHS birth to the end of life
