Palliative Medicine Doctor. Bowie botherer https://youtu.be/Sj-_ZOg1XHo?si=tm6INeD88icxCCtv
Prof Mark Taubert
This is painful.
“It was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world”
Umm, only by the people trying to push it through.
🧵 Brief thread of how others described the Bill:
As a previous advocate for assisted dying, I categorically oppose this bill in its current form. It's dangerous and full of holes where the safeguarding should be.
Hoping someone who has come high in PMB ballot might consider a Bill to ensure universal & fair access to palliative care. Desmond Swayne , Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social , Dr Luke Evans @drlukeevans.org.uk
It would be something that unites the whole community.
#PalliativeCareForAll
Prof Mark Taubert
NEW MRP poll: In the largest poll on assisted death since the Leadbeater Bill emerged, fewer than 1 in 10 Brits want their MP to prioritise the assisted death Bill.
Prof Katherine Sleeman
Comments from Labour MPs wrt @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social reintroduction of Assisted Dying bill:
responses so far from Labour MPs:
I hope @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social looks at more than DiD propaganda. @capacitylaw.bsky.social's
updated resource page on Terminally Ill Adults Bill - with links to key documents is essential. Anyone interested pls read: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/terminally-i...
Interesting polling about the real priorities people have, versus what pressure groups are claiming wrt Assisted Dying. A PMB for access to palliative &end of life care wld be a better starting point
@laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...
The Other Half
Prof Mark Taubert
Trish Wilko
not the phrasing i’d have gone for
Absolutely infuriating that one of my colleagues has decided that what Parliament should focus on in the coming months - given everything going on in the world and here at home - is bringing back the assisted dying bill. Head in hands.
Prof Mark Taubert
You've been calling for an assisted dying bill that doctors call dangerously unsafe and unworkable?
