Assisted dying in England and Wales : Arranging provision and at what cost?

Mullock, Alexandra and Ost, Suzanne and Preston, Nancy (2025) Assisted dying in England and Wales : Arranging provision and at what cost? Journal of Medical Ethics Blog.

Abstract

With lawful assisted dying (AD) on the horizon in England and Wales with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, and elsewhere in and around the UK (Isle of Man, Jersey, Scotland), important questions about how best to establish a service to provide safe access to AD must be addressed. Assuming the English Bill becomes law, deciding how to create a service enabling AD will be one of the most complex and ethically fraught challenges ever given to a Health Minister, especially one (Wes Streeting) who is opposed to AD.