
Pam Hester Firth
@pfirth97
International Consultant in Psychosocial Palliative Care supervisor,therapist and lecturer. supporter of Grief Encounter Love opera and choral music.
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19-09-2013 16:25:50
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Six month prognosis criterion is hugely risky and a palatable entry point into making #AssistedDying legal, so that it is more acceptable in the public eye. Interview for The Guardian



Fascinating reporting from Jessica Elgot digging into breadth of Commons sentiment not just on assisted dying but flaws in the process. MPs’ opposition to assisted dying bill grows amid criticism of lack of debate | Assisted dying | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/o…


The start of Bushey Symphony's 50th Anniversary season is at 3pm tomorrow, 10 November, at the Clarendon Muse, Watford WD18 7JA Fabmusic by Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Mozart with ariana kashefi cello and conductor @GeorgeVass19. Details & tickets here: busheysymphony.org.uk


On my way to Dublin for the European Conference on Grief with colleagues from Grief Encounter Dr. Susan Cadell she/her Irene Murphy

Our friends @StAchoralsoc are giving a fabulous concert at 7.30pm on Saturday 16 November St Albans Cathedral – such a brilliantly wide-ranging programme from Bach via Poulenc to Duruflé and with some world class soloists. Go if you can ...




Strong statement from Royal College of Psychiatrists “We cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults Bill” rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-s…



This is FALSE. People with mental disorders are not excluded- just can't be their main reason. KL conflates mental disorder with mental capacity. Obviously she has no idea about care for suicidal people & no interest in proper safeguards for the vulnerable theguardian.com/society/2025/m…


Dr Neil Hudson MP (Neil Hudson): About 70% of end-of-life care is delivered outside the NHS, largely by charities. There is something deeply wrong about this. Shouldn't we address palliative and hospice care before we go anywhere near this assisted suicide Bill?

A tour de force of a speech from Daniel Francis MP. He rages at the absurd idea that the Mental Capacity Act is a sufficient safeguard for the learning disabled. He quotes Dr Rachel Clarke Jamilla Hussain Mencap Kishwer Falkner Royal College of Psychiatrists and The Law Society True Labour values ❤️

Naz Shah MP (Naz Shah MP): If the safeguards fail even once, no one in this house would be able to say we did not see this coming. “That is not compassion, that is abandonment”.