Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide

Select Committee
Health and Social Care Committee HC 321 29 February 2024
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 20 items (6 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 20 of 20 classified)
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 1
Deferred 9
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 1
Government response
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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Recommendations & Conclusions

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20 Recommendation Rejected
Establish a national strategy for death literacy and support following a terminal diagnosis.
Recommendation
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 … Read more
Government Response Summary
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 new Policy Research Unit.
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