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'As a police officer, I couldn't be with mum when she died at Dignitas'
James Johnson told MPs who will decide whether to change the law that it currently "protects no one".
www.express.co.uk
My message to MP’s on #AssistedDying : What you are not changing, you are choosing.
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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My constituent Kay speaking here about her brother's death. This is why we need @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
June 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My constituent Kay speaking here about her brother's death. This is why we need @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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'Sir Keir, who has previously indicated support for legalising assisted dying, was pressed for his current opinion, and replied: "My views have been consistent throughout."' www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Sir Keir Starmer hints for first time how he'll vote on assisted dying bill
The Prime Minister addressed the topic ahead of Friday's crucial Commons debate on the assisted dying bill
www.express.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'Sir Keir, who has previously indicated support for legalising assisted dying, was pressed for his current opinion, and replied: "My views have been consistent throughout."' www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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So pleased to see my professional body - Royal College of GPs - drop its opposition to assisted dying. It follows in the footsteps of every medical Royal College and the BMA. It is right that a range of views are heard and respected, just as they are in medical practice. 1/3
March 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So pleased to see my professional body - Royal College of GPs - drop its opposition to assisted dying. It follows in the footsteps of every medical Royal College and the BMA. It is right that a range of views are heard and respected, just as they are in medical practice. 1/3
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Yesterday, the Committee debated the creation of a judge-led commission which would appoint a multidisciplinary panel of a KC, psychiatrist and social worker as a third tier of oversight in the assisted dying process. I believe this would strengthen protections in the Bill. (1/4) 🧵👇
March 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yesterday, the Committee debated the creation of a judge-led commission which would appoint a multidisciplinary panel of a KC, psychiatrist and social worker as a third tier of oversight in the assisted dying process. I believe this would strengthen protections in the Bill. (1/4) 🧵👇
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Today, the Terminally Ill Adults Bill Committee started debating the third layer of oversight in the assisted dying process.
On the advice of expert witnesses, we are laying the groundwork for the introduction of a multidisciplinary expert panel. 🧵
On the advice of expert witnesses, we are laying the groundwork for the introduction of a multidisciplinary expert panel. 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today, the Terminally Ill Adults Bill Committee started debating the third layer of oversight in the assisted dying process.
On the advice of expert witnesses, we are laying the groundwork for the introduction of a multidisciplinary expert panel. 🧵
On the advice of expert witnesses, we are laying the groundwork for the introduction of a multidisciplinary expert panel. 🧵
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When us in Parliament backed @KimLeadbeater's Choice at the End of Life Bill last year, it was already the strongest piece of legislation in the world.
As the Committee takes evidence and scrutinises the Bill, it is becoming stronger and safer still.
As the Committee takes evidence and scrutinises the Bill, it is becoming stronger and safer still.
March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
When us in Parliament backed @KimLeadbeater's Choice at the End of Life Bill last year, it was already the strongest piece of legislation in the world.
As the Committee takes evidence and scrutinises the Bill, it is becoming stronger and safer still.
As the Committee takes evidence and scrutinises the Bill, it is becoming stronger and safer still.
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Assisted dying is not new ground in healthcare - it's an extension of person-centred care at the end of life and is tried-and-tested in places like Australia and the US. 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Assisted dying is not new ground in healthcare - it's an extension of person-centred care at the end of life and is tried-and-tested in places like Australia and the US. 🧵
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“I feel that it actually strengthens the Bill and I welcome this decision.” – @jowhitemp.bsky.social
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social has listened to evidence from jurisdictions around the world. This new safeguarding process will protect terminally ill people and their families as best as possible.
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social has listened to evidence from jurisdictions around the world. This new safeguarding process will protect terminally ill people and their families as best as possible.
February 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“I feel that it actually strengthens the Bill and I welcome this decision.” – @jowhitemp.bsky.social
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social has listened to evidence from jurisdictions around the world. This new safeguarding process will protect terminally ill people and their families as best as possible.
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social has listened to evidence from jurisdictions around the world. This new safeguarding process will protect terminally ill people and their families as best as possible.
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Having had the weekend to reflect on the wealth of info from oral witnesses last week for my Private Members' Bill on Choice at the End of Life, I keep coming back to five things that really stuck with me 🧵 #AssistedDying 1/7
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Having had the weekend to reflect on the wealth of info from oral witnesses last week for my Private Members' Bill on Choice at the End of Life, I keep coming back to five things that really stuck with me 🧵 #AssistedDying 1/7
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I can absolutely confirm as someone living with Stage 4 cancer that I am not suicidal, I love my life. However, I don’t want to suffer as I die, when my treatment stops working and my remaining time is about pain management. This is when I would want the to option to use assisted dying if needed.
I felt the absence of terminally ill people in the room when suicide prevention came up. I am so clear from the many dying people and experts I've spoken to that overwhelmingly dying people want to live - but they know they are going to die. They are not suicidal.
January 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I can absolutely confirm as someone living with Stage 4 cancer that I am not suicidal, I love my life. However, I don’t want to suffer as I die, when my treatment stops working and my remaining time is about pain management. This is when I would want the to option to use assisted dying if needed.
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"Palliative care is about end of life choices. Voluntary assisted dying is about end of life choices."
Dr. Chloe Furst explains why assisted dying and palliative care complement each other.
A must-watch for those following this debate. #patientchoice #AssistedDying
Dr. Chloe Furst explains why assisted dying and palliative care complement each other.
A must-watch for those following this debate. #patientchoice #AssistedDying
January 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Palliative care is about end of life choices. Voluntary assisted dying is about end of life choices."
Dr. Chloe Furst explains why assisted dying and palliative care complement each other.
A must-watch for those following this debate. #patientchoice #AssistedDying
Dr. Chloe Furst explains why assisted dying and palliative care complement each other.
A must-watch for those following this debate. #patientchoice #AssistedDying
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I also picked up on Dr Chloe Hurst’s point that, of dying patients who are prescribed the life-ending medication, 30% don’t go on to use it.
Demonstrates palliative effect of having choice & that patients don’t take medication as soon as it’s prescribed but only when they need to or not at all.
Demonstrates palliative effect of having choice & that patients don’t take medication as soon as it’s prescribed but only when they need to or not at all.
As a GP I've been massively reassured by testimony from overseas medic's in Committee. Witnesses from the US and Aus. are clear assisted dying is working well, preventing suffering, and providing genuine choice for dying people at the end of their lives.
January 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I also picked up on Dr Chloe Hurst’s point that, of dying patients who are prescribed the life-ending medication, 30% don’t go on to use it.
Demonstrates palliative effect of having choice & that patients don’t take medication as soon as it’s prescribed but only when they need to or not at all.
Demonstrates palliative effect of having choice & that patients don’t take medication as soon as it’s prescribed but only when they need to or not at all.
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This is such an important distinction. So many people I know with terminal cancer have a huge passion for life and put themselves through the most gruelling treatments to prolong their lives. AD is about giving dying people the choice to take control at the end when those treatments stop working
Thank you for making this distinction @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social
Assisted dying is about exercising control over the manner and timing of a death that is inevitable and imminent.
This is about shortening death, not shortening life.
Assisted dying is about exercising control over the manner and timing of a death that is inevitable and imminent.
This is about shortening death, not shortening life.
January 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is such an important distinction. So many people I know with terminal cancer have a huge passion for life and put themselves through the most gruelling treatments to prolong their lives. AD is about giving dying people the choice to take control at the end when those treatments stop working
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I felt the absence of terminally ill people in the room when suicide prevention came up. I am so clear from the many dying people and experts I've spoken to that overwhelmingly dying people want to live - but they know they are going to die. They are not suicidal.
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I felt the absence of terminally ill people in the room when suicide prevention came up. I am so clear from the many dying people and experts I've spoken to that overwhelmingly dying people want to live - but they know they are going to die. They are not suicidal.
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So many important conversations coming out of the Bill Committee today. On my mind is that behind this debate are real people, real suffering, and real families devastated by the current system. We owe them a law that prioritises compassion, not cruelty. A 🧵
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So many important conversations coming out of the Bill Committee today. On my mind is that behind this debate are real people, real suffering, and real families devastated by the current system. We owe them a law that prioritises compassion, not cruelty. A 🧵
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Yesterday, the Bill Committee heard powerful testimony on my Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Thoughtful, moving, and clear: this is about choice, compassion & dignity. A quick thread on key moments. 🧵 #AssistedDying
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yesterday, the Bill Committee heard powerful testimony on my Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Thoughtful, moving, and clear: this is about choice, compassion & dignity. A quick thread on key moments. 🧵 #AssistedDying
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Today the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill starts to hear oral evidence from national and international experts in medicine, law, social work and beyond.
This is the first time any Private Members Bill has taken evidence in this way, in public.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This is the first time any Private Members Bill has taken evidence in this way, in public.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
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January 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill starts to hear oral evidence from national and international experts in medicine, law, social work and beyond.
This is the first time any Private Members Bill has taken evidence in this way, in public.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This is the first time any Private Members Bill has taken evidence in this way, in public.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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V useful morning of evidence at the Assisted Dying Bill Committee.
Like most colleagues, I am focused on key questions raised by Parliament and public including capacity, coercion, doctor-patient converstions.
Evidence will help us further strengthen Bill through amendments: 🧵
Like most colleagues, I am focused on key questions raised by Parliament and public including capacity, coercion, doctor-patient converstions.
Evidence will help us further strengthen Bill through amendments: 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
V useful morning of evidence at the Assisted Dying Bill Committee.
Like most colleagues, I am focused on key questions raised by Parliament and public including capacity, coercion, doctor-patient converstions.
Evidence will help us further strengthen Bill through amendments: 🧵
Like most colleagues, I am focused on key questions raised by Parliament and public including capacity, coercion, doctor-patient converstions.
Evidence will help us further strengthen Bill through amendments: 🧵
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Glad to see more governments moving ever closer to legalising assisted dying - allowing people suffering in immense pain choice and dignity.
“This is a historic victory for compassion as the Isle of Man takes a significant step towards giving the Manx people true choice at the end of life." @sarahwootton.bsky.social
#YesToDignity
www.dignityindying.org.uk/news/isle-of...
#YesToDignity
www.dignityindying.org.uk/news/isle-of...
Isle of Man on track to be first in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying as Bill passes final stage in Upper House
The Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill passed the final stage in the Legislative Council on Tuesday 28th January 2025.
www.dignityindying.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Glad to see more governments moving ever closer to legalising assisted dying - allowing people suffering in immense pain choice and dignity.
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There is some pain at the end of life that cannot be allayed, even with the best palliative care. This is why it is right to allow those that are terminally ill, with six months to live, choice at the end of life.
Me on UTV last night
Me on UTV last night
November 26, 2024 at 10:57 AM
There is some pain at the end of life that cannot be allayed, even with the best palliative care. This is why it is right to allow those that are terminally ill, with six months to live, choice at the end of life.
Me on UTV last night
Me on UTV last night
My message to MP’s on #AssistedDying : What you are not changing, you are choosing.
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
'As a police officer, I couldn't be with mum when she died at Dignitas'
James Johnson told MPs who will decide whether to change the law that it currently "protects no one".
www.express.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 7:40 AM
My message to MP’s on #AssistedDying : What you are not changing, you are choosing.
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Consider the cost of inaction.
“This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
November 24, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
November 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Palliative Care Minister Stephen Kinnock tells me he will vote for assisted dying, contrary to Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s concerns.
He believes there is no conflict between good palliative care and assisted dying and that it is possible to have both.
itv.com/news/2024-11...
He believes there is no conflict between good palliative care and assisted dying and that it is possible to have both.
itv.com/news/2024-11...
itv.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Palliative Care Minister Stephen Kinnock tells me he will vote for assisted dying, contrary to Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s concerns.
He believes there is no conflict between good palliative care and assisted dying and that it is possible to have both.
itv.com/news/2024-11...
He believes there is no conflict between good palliative care and assisted dying and that it is possible to have both.
itv.com/news/2024-11...