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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Conveniently, my question follows on from that. On our first day of evidence, we had Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, saying that when you are assessing capacity, the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I have been fascinated by this discussion, so thank you all. It strikes me that we have spent a number of days looking at the other end of this, if you like—coercion and…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)And he was having excellent palliative care, so what was in his mind, do you think? Why did he decide on that option? Liz Reed: He knew he was dying. He was diagnosed in October…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Liz, you spoke about excellent palliative care. What were the reasons, do you think, that your brother wanted to end his life? It did not sound as though he was particularly…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)I think that my question has been covered by my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford. I just wanted to be sure that we were secure if the doctor was not in the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)May I ask a further question, Mrs Harris?30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I would just like to ask Claire about medication—not specifically the drugs and everything, but clause 18, “Provision of assistance”. We have heard that in Australia the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Another hon. Member has asked my question, but I have another. We heard yesterday about domestic violence and elder abuse. Does the legislation need to be tightened around that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)It was clause 26, sorry. Professor Hoyano: Under the Canadian system, the provinces each have a college of physicians and surgeons. However, what has happened is that everyone has…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Now you’re asking. Let me check. Dr Ward: In the interests of time, let me say that I moved to Queensland a year and a half ago, as I mentioned at the beginning, and took up an…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is directed to Amanda and Laura. There is a lot of natural concern about coercion with the Bill. We recognise that it is a difficult thing to assess. Would either of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Certainly.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q Just to confirm—you have not had any failures of treatment, as far as you are aware? Dr Furst: There have been no failures of treatment in South Australia, as far as I am aware.…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q 265 I would like to direct this question to Dr Furst. There has been some concern in this country about the efficacy of end-of-life medications. Could you share some of your…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q First, I work as a GP with old people—I look after a nursing home— and I have to do adult safeguarding training every year. Secondly, more than 90% of psychological assessments…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q It seems clear from an expert in European law that the human rights convention is covered by this legislation, so we have got some very good advice there. I would just like to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)And do they—29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Actually, my question has already been asked. Chelsea Roff: May I respond briefly? I want to address the question. I know it is not your intention for eating disorders to be…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Can I just confirm—29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Could you briefly run through the patient pathway? Where does the patient first arrive in the healthcare setting? Who are the two doctors? Indeed, who provides assistance at the…29 Jan 2025