It struck me at a Dignity in Dying event earlier this month, as I looked around me and saw an international film star, a best-selling author and an award winning actress - that although I assure our patrons that we don't expect a lot of them - we do in...

Assisted suicide and the law that governs compassionate acts to assist another to die at their request will be debated in the House of Commons on 27 March at a Backbench Business Committee debate secured by Richard Ottaway MP.

Despite these issues being high on...

The Commission on Assisted Dying; a panel of experts ranging from doctors to lawyers, and disability campaigners to parliamentarians, have today published their findings following a 12 month consultation period. We are pleased that they have concluded with recommendations for a framework which would allow safe assisted dying...

The use of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders (DNAR) has received a fair amount of coverage in recent weeks, and will be discussed on today's One Show (on BBC1 at 7pm). It's a sobering subject but one of huge importance.

The law allows us all to...

Greater end-of-life choice has been on the agenda for some time, but has really picked up momentum in the last decade with high profile court cases, advance decisions to refuse treatment at the end of life being recognised in statue, via the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and the