Lesley Munro
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Lesley Munro
@lesjoanne.bsky.social
Deputy CEO & Director of Patient Care and Communities: Princess Alice Hospice
February 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Lesley Munro
This afternoon committee is hearing from palliative care specialists - a sector which has voiced some of the loudest concerns about assisted dying.

Concerns that there is no genuine choice, due to lack of hospice care. And debate over whether that'll improve or not if AD passes.
January 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Lesley Munro
Both Chris Whitty and Chief Nursing Officer Duncan Burton says NHS staff are already trained to spot coercion/capacity in healthcare. But Burton does make clear that further training would be required if assisted dying was legalised and time would be needed to roll training out.
January 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM