News & press releases

• News
• 5th November 2020

Health Secretary accepts need for more evidence on assisted dying, as lockdown removes Dignitas option for many dying Brits

• News
• 30th October 2020

New Zealand to legalise assisted dying after overwhelming referendum victory

Interim results show huge margin of victory, with 65.2% of Kiwis supporting End of Life Choice Act

• Press release
• 8th October 2020

Largest ever survey of doctors’ views on assisted dying shows historic shift for greater choice at the end of life

• Press release
• 8th October 2020

Irish assisted dying bill step closer to becoming law

• News
• 2nd October 2020

Irish assisted dying bill: speakers overwhelmingly support reform in Dáil debate last night

• News
• 18th September 2020

RCGP members issue legal challenge to Council’s ‘unrepresentative’ and ‘irrational’ decision on assisted dying

• News
• 15th August 2020

Comment on the Van Der Ploeg case

• News
• 23rd June 2020

New book demands action on assisted dying

Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying has been published to spark a grown up conversation about dying in the UK

• Press release
• 1st April 2020

Royal College of GPs’ assisted dying survey reveals even greater shift in opinion, after Council petitioned to release weighted results

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has released the full, weighted results of its 2019 membership survey on assisted dying, revealing an even greater shift in opinion from its 2013 poll.

• News
• 25th March 2020

How we’re campaigning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic