I went for a mastectomy and they offered me assisted dying, Canadian cancer patient reveals telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/1…

Thank you The Guardian for asking me to contribute. Assisting someone to die is far cheaper than ensuring they have the care they need to make life worth living. Yet we don't even fund palliative care properly as it is - let alone 'safeguard' dying people. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I mean, it sort of is.

It is a national scandal that we have a GP job crisis in this country, with 1000’s of GP’s unable to find work. Some GP’s have resorted to signing on for universal credit or working in Tesco, because there are simply no jobs for them. The public deserve better Wes Streeting

Digital ID NHS health passports ahoy. Goodbye to health privacy. Orwellian and highly predictable. Patients should have the right to know how data about them is accessed and used rather than being subcontracted through data ownership harvesting via government control.

Today on LBC, Wes Streeting dodged the question of 1000’s of GPs being unemployed, in a country where the public are begging to see their GP. GPs are having to resort to work as uber drivers, in Tesco, even signing up to universal credit because there are simply no jobs for

How we met: ‘On a group holiday we realised we had feelings for each other’ theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

I think as a race, since we stopped talking to each other and started texting instead, our communication skills have deteriorated. People now have a tendency to have relationships with others in their heads instead of with the other person. STOP IT! Talk to each other.

Center Research Director, Jill Sonke, shares how working in the field of Arts in Health empowers her to make a difference in people’s lives. Are you ready to be empowered? We are accepting applications for the Spring 2025 semester! Learn more and apply at bit.ly/UFCAM_Academic…

Check out our one of our latest pieces of work by our amazing artist – Beth McComish 🎨 Beth attended the NI Social Care Council, Professional in Practice Awards celebrating the hard work, achievement and leadership of social workers across Northern Ireland 💛 #ArtsCare

Assisted suicide is far from the peaceful end it’s often depicted as. In Oregon, 9 people have awakened after taking lethal drugs, and the longest recorded death took over 100 hours. Complications can include vomiting, prolonged distress, and immense suffering. This is not

'Be at the table or you will be on the menu'. We need to get better at articulating our value & what we bring to the table. The Queen's Nursing Institute Professor John Unsworth @RivkahMiar search.app/?link=https%3A…

Giles Fraser Kevin Yuill It interests me that people who are against the death penalty on the grounds that ‘one mistaken conviction is a mistake too many’ don’t apply the same logic to assisted dying / suicide.

The Kelpies stand proud, illuminating red from sunset to sunrise until Remembrance Day, in support of @Poppyscotland's Scottish Poppy Appeal. #LestWeForget #Remembrance

I’m not sure why the news channels don’t cover this - in amongst all the negativity in our everyday news would it really be so harmful to the news cycle to show something positive in our society like this selfless act by cabbies on Remembrance Sunday?

We don’t hear enough from psychiatrists in the assisted dying / suicide debate imo. Good piece by Prof Allan House carefully deconstructing Kim Leadbeater’s Bill. Makes several very important points. betterwaycampaign.co.uk/psychiatrist-w…

Powerful morning session with Sally Hayden in conversation with Malachi O'Doherty. "My Fourth Time, We Drowned" is a searingly important book for our times... #JHISS25

Some exciting news...!

Assisted Dying: We need to talk about Suicide Thank you BMJ SPCare for publishing my piece on the #AssistedDyingBill #assistedsuicide blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2025/08…