Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Assisted dying/assisted suicide

Status: Closed Opened: 5 Dec 2022 Closed: 30 May 2024 6 recommendations 14 conclusions 1 report

The Health and Social Care Committee is holding an inquiry into assisted dying/assisted suicide. The deadline for submitting written evidence or responding to our online form has now passed. We are publishing the written evidence we have received on the publications page of the inquiry. Please note that the written evidence and roundtable transcripts contains …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide	HC 321	29 Feb 2024	20	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

20 Recommendation Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted… Rejected

Establish a national strategy for death literacy and support following a terminal diagnosis.

The Government must establish a national strategy for death literacy and support following a terminal diagnosis. This strategy will help healthcare professionals to better support someone and their loved ones, from the moment of a terminal diagnosis. (Paragraph 308) 98 Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide

Government response. The government explicitly states it does not plan to establish a national strategy for death literacy. Instead, it will address related issues through the inclusion of palliative care in wider strategies, existing training for professionals, and ongoing research by the …

Department of Health and Social Care

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions

Date	Witnesses
4 Jul 2023	Dr Matthew Doré · Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland, Dr Paul Perkins · Sue Ryder, Helen Whately MP · Department of Health and Social Care, Jonathan Ellis · Hospice UK, Professor Stephen Powis · NHS England	View ↗
27 Jun 2023	Bernhard Sutter · EXIT (Deutsche Schweiz), Dr Georg Bosshard · University of Zürich, Dr Yvonne Gilli · Swiss Medical Association (FMH), Professor Samia Hurst-Majno · University of Geneva, and member of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics, Silvan Luley · DIGNITAS - To live with dignity - To die with dignity	View ↗
6 Jun 2023	Dr Scott Kim · Department of Bioethics at National Institutes of Health USA, Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne · Kingston University London, Professor James Downar · University of Ottawa, Professor Jan L Bernheim · Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Professor Rutger Jan van der Gaag · Royal Dutch Medical Association, Professor Trudo Lemmens · University of Toronto	View ↗
16 May 2023	Dr Chandana Banerjee · City of Hope National Medical Center, Dr Gary Gheung · University of Auckland, Dr Lydia Dugdale · Columbia University, Professor Brian Owler · Westmead, the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital and Westmead Private Hospital, Professor Roderick MacLeod former Senior Consultant and Senior Medical Specialist in Palliative Care, The Hon Kyam Maher MLC · Government of South Australia	View ↗
28 Mar 2023	Dr Alexandra Mullock · University of Manchester, Dr Naomi Richards · University of Glasgow, Professor Nancy Preston · University of Lancaster, The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, The Baroness Hollins, The Baroness Meacher, The Rt Hon. the Lord Falconer of Thoroton	View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters

Date	Direction	Title
17 Apr 2024	—	GMC on the Committee's report on Assisted Dying - Assisted Suicide 25.03.24
21 Jun 2023	—	Correspondence from the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Com…