Assisted suicide Bill given "blank cheque" while palliative care remains underfunded

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In connection with the restructuring project "We are renewing UNN", the steering group at the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) has decided to close the three palliative beds at the Palliative Care Unit in Harstad.

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Assisted suicide Bill given "blank cheque" while palliative care remains underfunded

Parliament has granted a “blank cheque” for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill amid an outcry from MPs concerned about cost implications in an underfunded palliative care sector. On Wednesday, as part of the process for passing a bill, MPs had to agree on a ‘money resolution’ for Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before it is able to pass on to Committee Stage. However, since there has not yet been an impact assessment, s…