vivdunstan | On assisted dying bill

Surprised but pleased at today's vote on assisted dying in England and Wales. Which does not apply in Scotland where I live. Having watched my dad die from a cruel and agonising terminal lung disease, I'm painfully aware how insufficient palliative care is in the UK now. And people rarely get the hospice care that they need. This needs to improve dramatically. But in the meantime, if this new legislation goes through, some people may be spared the terrible suffering that my dad experienced, and many others with particularly cruel and agonising terminal diseases currently suffer.