Celia Manson

Celia Manson. Registered nurse UK. Palliative / end of life care, pain management, mental health, Royal College of Nursing, music and the arts

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@PolitlcsUK I must clarify this is NOT a Labour Bill. There are plenty in the party, like me, that do not support it and find it dangerously flawed and unsafe.

[Shaun Williams #FairPayForNursing @Shaun_LDNurse]

1/2. I’m an #LDNurse, albeit I don’t work in #LearningDisability specific services at the moment. It was very much my choice to train and register as one - and largely because I saw first hand the viral difference they make to both people (patients and families) and the…

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

Sensible Labour MPs are understandably furious about the latest shenanigans around the assisted suicide bill.

[Care Not Killing @CNKAlliance]

"Yet her efforts to push through assisted dying legislation in the new parliamentary session have been heavily criticised by other Labour MPs, amid their concerns about more time and political capital being expended on such a controversial issue."

#AssistedSuicide
https://t.co/X8V7lVab0x

[Uma Kumaran MP @Uma_Kumaran]

Joe has been very measured here. Uncomfortable is an understatement.

This deeply flawed bill has been rejected by the checks and balances of Parliament.

Why anyone would bring back this legislation - at this point in time for the country - is beyond me. I despair.

[Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman]

Lauren Edwards MP says she does not intend to use the Parliament Act. But also says MPs won’t be able to amend the Bill in the Commons 🤔

https://t.co/Xcg8deP6J1

[Adam James Pollock @AdamPollock]

MPs are seeing their email inboxes full with correspondence from constituents urging them to stop Lauren Edwards from bringing back the assisted suicide bill.

The Labour Party doesn’t need it, and disabled and vulnerable people don’t want it.

When will they listen?

[Rebecca Paul MP @Rebecca_SPaul]

I hope Lauren reconsiders and chooses a bill that sorts out palliative and end of life care instead. That would have the support of the entire house. What a legacy that would be.

[Care Not Killing @CNKAlliance]

‘Phil Friend and Mike Smith, from @TheNotDeadYetUK, told the MP: “Before Parliament considers legislation that could put disabled and terminally ill people at risk of feeling pressured to end their lives, there is an urgent and unanswered case for dramatically improving the care that already exists.

“Palliative care in England is underfunded and unequal. Social care is in crisis.

“People are making end-of-life decisions under conditions of desperation, not genuine free choice.”’

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

"A MISTAKE": Scott Arthur joins chorus of Labour MPs opposing return of assisted suicide Bill.

He points out that it would be impractical for MPs to back AS after Scotland rejected it, questions influence of lobby groups behind the Bill & points out the Bill's many flaws remain.

[Paul Kohler🔶MP for Wimbledon @PaulKohlerSW19]

As many MPs who voted for it privately conceded, the Assisted Dying Bill had many flaws.

I entirely agree with this letter & am bemused it’s being reintroduced unamended.

Although not religiously, nor philosophically, opposed to assisted dying I will not support this Bill.

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

Appalling that the Bill’s new sponsor could be so misinformed about the legislation she has signed up to lead through Parliament. And shame on the campaigners who drafted these untruths for her.

[Medic (Claud Regnard) @Medic11358726]

'Supportive care" is (or should be) integral to all healthcare (not just palliative care) since it includes preventative actions and anything that affirms & supports living well.
Ironically the one option that does not include supportive care is....
Assisted dying.

[Stephen Daisley @JournoStephen]

‘Harold Shipman wasn’t as keen on bumping off vulnerable people as the average member of Britain’s euthanasia lobby.’

I’ve written about the unseemly enthusiasm for legalising assisted suicide, over at the @spectator.

https://t.co/IKCsqLe4UB

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

The Telegraph: Leading pollster Andrew Hawkins reveals how assisted suicide is deeply unpopular among voters, showing how out of touch with voters reintroducing the assisted suicide Bill is.

https://t.co/JIB76tORR6

[Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman]

Very happy to announce that the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Palliative and End of Life Care has been extended to end 2028.

It’s an enormous privilege to lead this Unit, alongside Prof Fliss Murtagh, and working with brilliant colleagues @KingsCollegeLon @HullYorkMed @Cambridge_Uni @LancasterUni @UniversityLeeds

https://t.co/9tQ7Tkejvb

[Rupa Huq MP @RupaHuq]

@kesleeman Thank you, Also did here https://t.co/qGl725aSFh

and in Sunday Times

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

2. Edwards says the Impact Assessment was able to “ensure [the bill] was workable, effective and enforceable.”

As @nmdacosta says, the IA doesn’t make any such claim about the bill: https://t.co/4dBf6piQm1

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

1. This statement contains several inaccurate or confused claims.

First, Edwards says the bill is only for those “at the very end of their lives.”

But the bill’s “6-month prognosis” criterion is very broad: 1 in 5 of those eligible will actually have at least 3 years to live.

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Hopefully MPs will take note and not let this crap Bill, which so many royal colleges and organisations have deemed unsafe, survive another vote. #AssistedDying