Jacky Davis

I didn't vote #Brexit/'Leftie activist' (Daily Mail)/Co author NHS FOR SALE & NHS SOS/BMA Council/Founder member KONP/Views my own (that's enough - Ed)

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

Here's why the NHS is in crisis, it's underfunded not overspent. Don't blame the staff, blame the Tory government

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@historykev Over a 1000 amendments, many highly frivolous eg

- need for all to have a pregnancy test?
- can’t go abroad in the preceding year?

8 peers responsible for most of these, all long time opponents.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.Of course its a filibuster

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@historykev Dear Kevin - and how much do you know - or have you witnessed - of the grisly detail of a bad death…

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@historykev Harrassed might be a better word then?

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

And of course no Moslem needs to opt for an assisted death.

It is a choice.

There is no choice at the moment for those who suffer at the end of life

[Kevin Yuill @historykev]

What does Islam say about #assistedsuicide ? Sensibly, "all lives are to be revered and protected rather than ended prematurely,” ...one of the foundational principles ...is the protection of the sanctity of life and the preservation of human dignity.” https://t.co/rrV3XVEP8G

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@DrLilyLamb @Medic11358726 @IloraFinlay @UKHouseofLords Dear Dr Lamb - where is your evidence for harm to GPs who participate in AD? Thanks>

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

Hi again @doctor_oxford - I have spoken to a well placed member of RCPsych who assures me that the position of the college is still neutral.
So would you like to apologise to Kim Leadbeater for accusing her of misleading ie lying to the House

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@ddhitchens - do you accept that

-300 million people worldwide have access to assisted dying
- no jurisdiction has reversed its law
- this would be the most safeguarded law in the world if it goes through

If not, what do you disagree with? Thanks

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@doctor_oxford I want to be clear about this because you have accused an MP of misleading the house ie lying.

Are you saying that RCPsych is no longer neutral after the President‘s comments? If so how do the members feel about their position being altered without consultation?

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@doctor_oxford And thats a very serious accusation to make against an MP.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

And I consider the RCPsych to have a neutral position until they re engage with their members. Perhaps you havent seen the letter from senior members of the college disagreeing with the Pres and calling the bill safe, workable and compassionate? Perhaps you’d like to apologise?

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

.@kimleadbeater you are misleading the House before today’s vote. You know the Royal College of Psychiatry - the experts in capacity & coercion - has explicitly opposed your bill. It breaks my heart that you would use a sleight of hand to mislead MPs and the public in this way.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@doctor_oxford It really is not. There was no consultation with the members before moving from neutrality and senior College members (inc ex Pres and Vice Pres) have written an open letter rejecting the comments of the Pres. Please accept its about as clear as mud.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@doctor_oxford - it appears the Pres of RCPsych consulted few people before making her statement that the college couldn’t support (they were never meant to support). And her use of the phrase ‘assisted suicide’ tells us everything. Doubly shocking coming from a psychiatrist

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

.@kimleadbeater you are misleading the House before today’s vote. You know the Royal College of Psychiatry - the experts in capacity & coercion - has explicitly opposed your bill. It breaks my heart that you would use a sleight of hand to mislead MPs and the public in this way.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@doctor_oxford Rachel - the vast majority of those who have an assisted death in Oregon are already in hospice care. Palliative care cant deal with the worst end of life symptoms. I recently heard a palliative care doc admit that some patients ‘struggle’. Weasel words for ‘suffer’ I’m afraid…

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

Have you talked to doctors in Australia? I have . The only coercion they report is families stopping their loved ones having an assisted death.

Please listen to those who are already involved. They dont bear out your concerns. Please stop scaremongering, you’re better than that

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Please, MPs, before you vote on tomorrow’s AD bill, I beg you to ask yourselves why the @rcpsych felt compelled to publicly oppose it….

Ask yourselves why the vast majority of palliative care doctors, geriatricians & groups representing people with disabilities, eating disorders & domestic violence all also oppose it.

What unites us is *not* a lack of compassion (for those in which the wish for AD is clear cut & uncontentious) - but our expert knowledge of the myriad ways in which vulnerable people can be - and are - silenced, pressured & coerced into supposedly “free” choices.

This bill is rushed, reckless and slapdash. It fundamentally lacks the safeguards it needs to ensure coercion of vulnerable people does not occur.

Its supporters have misrepresented our testimony time & again by pretending our concerns don’t exist. (I gave evidence in Jan to the committee & my views were explicitly misrepresented afterwards.)

I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD - but I feel sick at the harms to patients that will occur if this bill, at this time, is passed.

Please don’t do it.

Please consider the vulnerable people who, unlike Esther Rantzen, do not have a platform or a hotline to Downing St. The people who most need our advocacy.

Please vote no.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

Hi Rachel -

Do you know 300 million people have access to assisted dying around the world. Do you really think we cant set up a system ourselves
Do you know this is the most scrutinised bill in any jurisdiction
What are you offering those who can’t be helped by palliative care?

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Please, MPs, before you vote on tomorrow’s AD bill, I beg you to ask yourselves why the @rcpsych felt compelled to publicly oppose it….

Ask yourselves why the vast majority of palliative care doctors, geriatricians & groups representing people with disabilities, eating disorders & domestic violence all also oppose it.

What unites us is *not* a lack of compassion (for those in which the wish for AD is clear cut & uncontentious) - but our expert knowledge of the myriad ways in which vulnerable people can be - and are - silenced, pressured & coerced into supposedly “free” choices.

This bill is rushed, reckless and slapdash. It fundamentally lacks the safeguards it needs to ensure coercion of vulnerable people does not occur.

Its supporters have misrepresented our testimony time & again by pretending our concerns don’t exist. (I gave evidence in Jan to the committee & my views were explicitly misrepresented afterwards.)

I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD - but I feel sick at the harms to patients that will occur if this bill, at this time, is passed.

Please don’t do it.

Please consider the vulnerable people who, unlike Esther Rantzen, do not have a platform or a hotline to Downing St. The people who most need our advocacy.

Please vote no.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@DrLKVaughan @JonnyBlackwell You do understand she wouldnt have qualified for assisted dying?

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@JonnyBlackwell 0.4% of UK doctors. And not for doctors to decide anyway

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Your reminder that Trump has 5 kids with 3 women he cheated on & Elon Musk has 14 kids with 4 women he cheated on & Pete Hegseth has 7 kids with 3 women he cheated on & Linda McMahon is being sued for enabling child sexual abuse. Family values my ass.

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

Dear @historykev and @ddhitchens - over 300 million people have access to assisted dying in numerous jurisdictions and more are looking at legislation. No one has reversed their assisted dying law.

Are you really saying the UK can’t make this work?

[Jacky Davis @DrJackyDavis]

@ddhitchens @historykev Interesting that the majority of grass roots disabled people are for assisted dying.

The question is - as with the church - why doesnt the leadership represent their members