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Third Special Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2023-24

Published 9 May 2024

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The government's response

This document responds to Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide.

This is the government's response, published 9 May 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government states that any change to the law on assisted dying/assisted suicide is a matter for Parliament and individual conscience, and its response focuses mainly on palliative and end-of-life care.

  • On legislation elsewhere in the UK or Crown Dependencies, it says it "will discuss with them the practical implications for England and Wales" and any constitutional issues.
  • On universal palliative care coverage, it describes existing steps, including a duty on integrated care boards to commission palliative care and a new NHS England dashboard, and recognises "disparities in access to hospice services".
  • On mental health research, it points to £3 million being invested through the National Institute for Health and Care Research in a new Palliative and End of Life Care Policy Research Unit.
  • On a national death literacy strategy, it says "We do not plan to establish" one, citing the inclusion of palliative and end-of-life care in wider strategies and free training.

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