Dignity in Dying
@dignityindying.org.uk
We believe in choice at the end of life. Including the option of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
“It is a life and death decision, that he will be supported through. And that’s the way it happens day in, day out in the health service.”
Baroness Murphy shared her brother’s decision to end his life by refusing treatment - these decisions are made every day under the Mental Capacity Act.
Baroness Murphy shared her brother’s decision to end his life by refusing treatment - these decisions are made every day under the Mental Capacity Act.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“It is a life and death decision, that he will be supported through. And that’s the way it happens day in, day out in the health service.”
Baroness Murphy shared her brother’s decision to end his life by refusing treatment - these decisions are made every day under the Mental Capacity Act.
Baroness Murphy shared her brother’s decision to end his life by refusing treatment - these decisions are made every day under the Mental Capacity Act.
Former MP Sir Richard Ottaway shares his brother's story.
Mark, who had cancer, took his own life, wishing the law had given him choice and control.
As the assisted dying Bill enters Committee stage today, Peers must listen to the voices of dying people and families.
Mark, who had cancer, took his own life, wishing the law had given him choice and control.
As the assisted dying Bill enters Committee stage today, Peers must listen to the voices of dying people and families.
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Former MP Sir Richard Ottaway shares his brother's story.
Mark, who had cancer, took his own life, wishing the law had given him choice and control.
As the assisted dying Bill enters Committee stage today, Peers must listen to the voices of dying people and families.
Mark, who had cancer, took his own life, wishing the law had given him choice and control.
As the assisted dying Bill enters Committee stage today, Peers must listen to the voices of dying people and families.
In 2023, Maddie shared that having the choice of assisted dying would provide her comfort in her final months.
As the assisted dying Bill continues through the House of Lords, her words are a powerful reminder to Peers: listen to the voices of those the Bill will impact most.
As the assisted dying Bill continues through the House of Lords, her words are a powerful reminder to Peers: listen to the voices of those the Bill will impact most.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2023, Maddie shared that having the choice of assisted dying would provide her comfort in her final months.
As the assisted dying Bill continues through the House of Lords, her words are a powerful reminder to Peers: listen to the voices of those the Bill will impact most.
As the assisted dying Bill continues through the House of Lords, her words are a powerful reminder to Peers: listen to the voices of those the Bill will impact most.
James shares how his terminally ill mum had to travel alone for an assisted death, leaving him unable to be with her in her final days.
As the assisted dying Bill continues its journey through Parliament, his story matters more than ever. MPs and Peers must hear his call for choice and compassion.
As the assisted dying Bill continues its journey through Parliament, his story matters more than ever. MPs and Peers must hear his call for choice and compassion.
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
James shares how his terminally ill mum had to travel alone for an assisted death, leaving him unable to be with her in her final days.
As the assisted dying Bill continues its journey through Parliament, his story matters more than ever. MPs and Peers must hear his call for choice and compassion.
As the assisted dying Bill continues its journey through Parliament, his story matters more than ever. MPs and Peers must hear his call for choice and compassion.
“I can’t imagine a committee hearing for any other bill not having representatives from… the people this bill will actually impact.”
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“I can’t imagine a committee hearing for any other bill not having representatives from… the people this bill will actually impact.”
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her
“There’s no dignity in dying a death so shrouded in pain.”
Poppy’s mum’s final days with pancreatic cancer were harrowing. Now Poppy’s fighting for change in her mum’s memory.
Watch the full video on our Instagram @dignityindying
Poppy’s mum’s final days with pancreatic cancer were harrowing. Now Poppy’s fighting for change in her mum’s memory.
Watch the full video on our Instagram @dignityindying
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“There’s no dignity in dying a death so shrouded in pain.”
Poppy’s mum’s final days with pancreatic cancer were harrowing. Now Poppy’s fighting for change in her mum’s memory.
Watch the full video on our Instagram @dignityindying
Poppy’s mum’s final days with pancreatic cancer were harrowing. Now Poppy’s fighting for change in her mum’s memory.
Watch the full video on our Instagram @dignityindying
Here are the 5 things you need to know about what happened in the House of Lords Select Committee looking at the assisted dying bill in 60 seconds.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Here are the 5 things you need to know about what happened in the House of Lords Select Committee looking at the assisted dying bill in 60 seconds.
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Peers that people who are dying cannot wait for all social issues to be resolved before we change the law on assisted dying - they need the choice this Bill offers now.
“If we’re going to wait until there’s no inequality, we’re going to wait for an awful long time.”
“If we’re going to wait until there’s no inequality, we’re going to wait for an awful long time.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Peers that people who are dying cannot wait for all social issues to be resolved before we change the law on assisted dying - they need the choice this Bill offers now.
“If we’re going to wait until there’s no inequality, we’re going to wait for an awful long time.”
“If we’re going to wait until there’s no inequality, we’re going to wait for an awful long time.”
“The overwhelming feedback from patients and families was gratitude.”
Dr Jeanne Snelling told the House of Lords Select Committee that New Zealand’s experience of assisted dying shows how compassion, safety and choice can, and do, coexist in practice.
Dr Jeanne Snelling told the House of Lords Select Committee that New Zealand’s experience of assisted dying shows how compassion, safety and choice can, and do, coexist in practice.
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“The overwhelming feedback from patients and families was gratitude.”
Dr Jeanne Snelling told the House of Lords Select Committee that New Zealand’s experience of assisted dying shows how compassion, safety and choice can, and do, coexist in practice.
Dr Jeanne Snelling told the House of Lords Select Committee that New Zealand’s experience of assisted dying shows how compassion, safety and choice can, and do, coexist in practice.
“This bill is for people at the end of life, people who are terminally ill.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare clarifies who this Bill is for. When Parliaments legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, as in Australia, New Zealand and US states, they remain laws which give terminally ill adults choice.
Sir Tom Shakespeare clarifies who this Bill is for. When Parliaments legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, as in Australia, New Zealand and US states, they remain laws which give terminally ill adults choice.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“This bill is for people at the end of life, people who are terminally ill.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare clarifies who this Bill is for. When Parliaments legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, as in Australia, New Zealand and US states, they remain laws which give terminally ill adults choice.
Sir Tom Shakespeare clarifies who this Bill is for. When Parliaments legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, as in Australia, New Zealand and US states, they remain laws which give terminally ill adults choice.
“This has been advanced cautiously, over a long period of time.”
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill describes the assisted dying Bill as the safest in the world, benefiting from extensive parliamentary scrutiny and learning from the experience of approaches overseas.
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill describes the assisted dying Bill as the safest in the world, benefiting from extensive parliamentary scrutiny and learning from the experience of approaches overseas.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“This has been advanced cautiously, over a long period of time.”
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill describes the assisted dying Bill as the safest in the world, benefiting from extensive parliamentary scrutiny and learning from the experience of approaches overseas.
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill describes the assisted dying Bill as the safest in the world, benefiting from extensive parliamentary scrutiny and learning from the experience of approaches overseas.
Palliative Care Minister Stephen Kinnock MP told Peers the assisted dying Bill has been a ‘catalyst’ for palliative care, pushing it up the political agenda and said there will be a plan to strengthen services.
This mirrors countries where legalising assisted dying has boosted funding and access.
This mirrors countries where legalising assisted dying has boosted funding and access.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Palliative Care Minister Stephen Kinnock MP told Peers the assisted dying Bill has been a ‘catalyst’ for palliative care, pushing it up the political agenda and said there will be a plan to strengthen services.
This mirrors countries where legalising assisted dying has boosted funding and access.
This mirrors countries where legalising assisted dying has boosted funding and access.
“It is far better to use systems that people are used to.”
Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty says the Mental Capacity Act is tried and tested - in practice and in law - to facilitate person-centred decisions. The assisted dying Bill uses the MCA to ensure it operates safely.
Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty says the Mental Capacity Act is tried and tested - in practice and in law - to facilitate person-centred decisions. The assisted dying Bill uses the MCA to ensure it operates safely.
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“It is far better to use systems that people are used to.”
Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty says the Mental Capacity Act is tried and tested - in practice and in law - to facilitate person-centred decisions. The assisted dying Bill uses the MCA to ensure it operates safely.
Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty says the Mental Capacity Act is tried and tested - in practice and in law - to facilitate person-centred decisions. The assisted dying Bill uses the MCA to ensure it operates safely.
“The best regulations are ones that are simple and clear.”
England’s Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty warns against entangling dying patients in complex bureaucracy.
The assisted dying Bill is built on safety and evidence - clear, simple safeguards protect people and provide choice.
England’s Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty warns against entangling dying patients in complex bureaucracy.
The assisted dying Bill is built on safety and evidence - clear, simple safeguards protect people and provide choice.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“The best regulations are ones that are simple and clear.”
England’s Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty warns against entangling dying patients in complex bureaucracy.
The assisted dying Bill is built on safety and evidence - clear, simple safeguards protect people and provide choice.
England’s Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty warns against entangling dying patients in complex bureaucracy.
The assisted dying Bill is built on safety and evidence - clear, simple safeguards protect people and provide choice.
“This Bill… brings all of that into the open.”
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill said the assisted dying Bill would replace the current lack of oversight - which criminalises compassion and hinders proper investigation - with clear, regulated safeguards.
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill said the assisted dying Bill would replace the current lack of oversight - which criminalises compassion and hinders proper investigation - with clear, regulated safeguards.
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“This Bill… brings all of that into the open.”
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill said the assisted dying Bill would replace the current lack of oversight - which criminalises compassion and hinders proper investigation - with clear, regulated safeguards.
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill said the assisted dying Bill would replace the current lack of oversight - which criminalises compassion and hinders proper investigation - with clear, regulated safeguards.
“We'd probably relish the challenge of setting up a service like this.”
Laura Wilson of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society told the Lords Select Committee that pharmacists can draw on international experience, showing that strong safeguards ensure both safety and choice in assisted dying services.
Laura Wilson of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society told the Lords Select Committee that pharmacists can draw on international experience, showing that strong safeguards ensure both safety and choice in assisted dying services.
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“We'd probably relish the challenge of setting up a service like this.”
Laura Wilson of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society told the Lords Select Committee that pharmacists can draw on international experience, showing that strong safeguards ensure both safety and choice in assisted dying services.
Laura Wilson of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society told the Lords Select Committee that pharmacists can draw on international experience, showing that strong safeguards ensure both safety and choice in assisted dying services.
"We could have been there to hold my mum's hand."
Catie and her sister couldn’t accompany their terminally ill mother to her assisted death at Dignitas, for fear of prosecution.
The current law makes compassion a crime. It is time for change. #YestoDignity
Catie and her sister couldn’t accompany their terminally ill mother to her assisted death at Dignitas, for fear of prosecution.
The current law makes compassion a crime. It is time for change. #YestoDignity
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"We could have been there to hold my mum's hand."
Catie and her sister couldn’t accompany their terminally ill mother to her assisted death at Dignitas, for fear of prosecution.
The current law makes compassion a crime. It is time for change. #YestoDignity
Catie and her sister couldn’t accompany their terminally ill mother to her assisted death at Dignitas, for fear of prosecution.
The current law makes compassion a crime. It is time for change. #YestoDignity
Last week Sir Tom Shakespeare had a powerful message for the Lords Select Committee on assisted dying - disabled people, like the vast majority of the public, back law change on assisted dying. It's time for a fair, safe law for dying people.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Last week Sir Tom Shakespeare had a powerful message for the Lords Select Committee on assisted dying - disabled people, like the vast majority of the public, back law change on assisted dying. It's time for a fair, safe law for dying people.
“I think we must be careful not to be paternalistic.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Lords Committee that the assisted dying Bill gives terminally ill people choice — not instead of palliative care, but as another tool in its arsenal — with safeguards that protect autonomy and safety.
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Lords Committee that the assisted dying Bill gives terminally ill people choice — not instead of palliative care, but as another tool in its arsenal — with safeguards that protect autonomy and safety.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“I think we must be careful not to be paternalistic.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Lords Committee that the assisted dying Bill gives terminally ill people choice — not instead of palliative care, but as another tool in its arsenal — with safeguards that protect autonomy and safety.
Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Lords Committee that the assisted dying Bill gives terminally ill people choice — not instead of palliative care, but as another tool in its arsenal — with safeguards that protect autonomy and safety.
“The majority of disabled people support assisted dying.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare said the Bill is more compassionate and safer than the current law — and evidence from countries where assisted dying for terminally ill adults is legal shows that these laws work safely.
Sir Tom Shakespeare said the Bill is more compassionate and safer than the current law — and evidence from countries where assisted dying for terminally ill adults is legal shows that these laws work safely.
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“The majority of disabled people support assisted dying.”
Sir Tom Shakespeare said the Bill is more compassionate and safer than the current law — and evidence from countries where assisted dying for terminally ill adults is legal shows that these laws work safely.
Sir Tom Shakespeare said the Bill is more compassionate and safer than the current law — and evidence from countries where assisted dying for terminally ill adults is legal shows that these laws work safely.
“I’m doing everything I can to stay alive.”
Sophie is fighting for access to life-extending drugs, and for the right to choose how her story ends.
She wants to be here for her daughter, to fight for more time, and to ensure her death, when it comes, is dignified and without suffering.
Sophie is fighting for access to life-extending drugs, and for the right to choose how her story ends.
She wants to be here for her daughter, to fight for more time, and to ensure her death, when it comes, is dignified and without suffering.
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“I’m doing everything I can to stay alive.”
Sophie is fighting for access to life-extending drugs, and for the right to choose how her story ends.
She wants to be here for her daughter, to fight for more time, and to ensure her death, when it comes, is dignified and without suffering.
Sophie is fighting for access to life-extending drugs, and for the right to choose how her story ends.
She wants to be here for her daughter, to fight for more time, and to ensure her death, when it comes, is dignified and without suffering.