For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying.
  • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 hours ago

    Around 96% of recipients identified as white people

    Cannot wait to hear about the Foz News reaction to this.

    One of the parts that breaks my heart is that if assisted suicide is so popular now that it’s legal, how many people suffered for how long when it wasn’t?

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      BBC is basically pandering to the Daily Mail crowd. They recently felt that the Assisted Dying Bill passing the initial stages of parliamentary process in the UK meant that it was now legal to Shipman the conservative voting block.

      It’s not law yet. Just a proposal, but apparently nobody understands that.

      • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 hours ago

        Jesus fuck there is some ghoulish shit in there! Just withhold water as someone dies slow so as to “do no harm” ? Ugh.

        Thanks for sharing.

  • Aksamit@slrpnk.netEnglish
    13·
    14 hours ago

    I want this in the UK. Free and humane access end of life services, should be a human right for all adults.

    I am genuinely fucking terrified of attempting again on my own and fucking it up so badly that I end up too brain damaged to live independently and get sectioned for life.

    I’ve experienced first hand how NHS MH services treat vulnerable people under their care, and I know full well how much worse it gets if you don’t have any capacity left to self advocate and be heard.

    If the UK government won’t provide a functioning healthcare, housing and benefits system to look after the disabled and mentally ill, they should at least allow us the choice of dying comfortably in a safe environment.

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      If the UK government won’t provide a functioning healthcare, housing and benefits system to look after the disabled and mentally ill, they should at least allow us the choice of dying comfortably in a safe environment.

      Wouldn’t the functioning care system be more desirable?

  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    12 hours ago

    I wonder if the % of “natural deaths” also decreased by 5% or if it will take awhile to catch up since a few of the assisted deaths would have taken longer before they were natural deaths.

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 hours ago

      Canadian here and I agree, I wouldn’t wish our neighbours on anyone else. But, it’s our cross to bear.

      Edit: reworded for clarity.