– Poll shows 55% of GPs agree their medical bodies should adopt a position of neutrality.
– Doctors evenly split on whether they support or oppose a change in the law, but 43% would want the choice for themselves if they were terminally ill and suffering.
Dignity in Dying welcomes the Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) announcement that it will poll its members on the College’s position on assisted dying
But reaffirms that Courts could declare current law incompatible with human rights.
Noel Conway and legal team will now appeal to Britain’s most senior judges, the Supreme Court.
An assisted dying proposal in the States of Guernsey has today been voted down by Deputies on the island. Deputies had earlier in the week defeated a wrecking amendment that would have denied the people of Guernsey a full debate on the subject.