Right To Die UK

The all new UK campaign group fighting for your right to a dignified death~contact for info on how you can get involved

[BBC Yorkshire @BBCLookNorth]

A seriously ill man who does not want to live with a stoma should be allowed to die, a judge has ruled: https://t.co/gCWoFXqDif

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

Join our online event this Saturday! We are co-hosting the Doran Lecture and Dr Stefanie Green (President of Canada's assisted dying practitioners association) is our speaker. @DocSGreen

https://t.co/VSYQlR00Zo

[Friends at the End @FriendsAtTheEnd]

We are supporting our members to make (and covering the cost for those who cant afford) Power of Attorney's during the CV-19 pandemic. This is going some way to put older peoples minds at ease re triage admissions and is a useful tool to have at any stage of life.

[Celia Kitzinger @KitzingerCelia]

@MDMDmydecision Great message! (It's still an "advance" decision - i.e. made in advance of losing capacity - not "advanced" which suggests you need a PhD!)

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

You can find good guidance on making an Advanced Decision and a pro-forma to fill in here https://t.co/nKVqX0tWEH

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

It is also helpful to medical staff to have a short list of your other medical conditions, any critical personal means of managing those conditions and the doses and frequencies of medications you are taking

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

It will not have the legal standing of a witnessed Advanced Decision but will act as a guide to medical staff when they are taking decisions about these interventions if you have lost the ability to express your wishes to them directly

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

If you cannot, in the short term, make/update your Advanced Decision then write a short document clearly expressing your wishes concerning mechanical respiratory ventilation and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in the event of admission to hospital with acute respiratory distress.

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

If you are showing symptoms of COVID 19 it would be a good idea to keep your Advanced Decision document somewhere prominent where it will be seen by emergency services.

[MyDeath, MyDecision @MDMDmydecision]

Now is a very good time to make or review/update your Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment in the event of losing mental capacity or being unable to communicate your wishes.

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

Switzerland accept people with Alzheimer’s providing they have capacity at the time of applying and receiving their humane death . Why should we be different? Alzheimer’s is now the number 1 killer in the U.K. and on the increase ✌️

[Kay Smith @Kaypink1964]

@uk_right I take your point but believe we have to firstly put dignity in Dying into law. Unfortunately if we added Mental illness and dementia or Alzheimer’s we might as well stop now. As I’m sure your aware a living will notarised for future decisions would be the best way forward. Sorry

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

@Kaypink1964 Which ? ✌️

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

Then how do you explain t hi W developments inn Canada ? ✌️

[Kay Smith @Kaypink1964]

@uk_right I take your point but believe we have to firstly put dignity in Dying into law. Unfortunately if we added Mental illness and dementia or Alzheimer’s we might as well stop now. As I’m sure your aware a living will notarised for future decisions would be the best way forward. Sorry

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

@anna_rubenstein @jessphillips @karinsmyth That does not surprise me in the least as I constantly support people who are applying or been refused PIP . I haven’t lost an appeal or case yet The the fault lies with the agencies the government uses.This calls for campaigns against austerity not humane Vol Ass Deaths✌️

[DIGNITAS @DIGNITAS_org]

“Let whoever wants to live, live, but let the rest of us die with dignity.” - Fernando Cuesta
Spain’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday began considering a bill to regulate euthanasia.

https://t.co/qngFkEUPKq

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

Advanced directives/decisions are essential but not helpful for people with long term degenerative conditions like dementia. Assisted dying would be providing they still have capacity 😄

[Kay Smith @Kaypink1964]

@uk_right I agree completely I’m talking baby steps, little by little taking control of our bodies and our choices. Advanced directives must be allowed in law. For those who unfortunately may lose mental capacity and be locked in a body they would rather leave behind.; my opinion only 💜

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

That’s so bad to hear . But surely that’s an argument against austerity and greater safeguarding for vulnerable people . Suicide is an act of desperation when the systems failed to identify and meet a persons needs . Let’s rectify that , rather than seeing is opposition to VAF ✌️

[Just Anna @anna_rubenstein]

@uk_right @jessphillips @karinsmyth Switzerland is not the UK there was Oxford report in 2016 that 120000 disabled people had died due to austerity & DWP policies

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

@smthjodr @jopo899 There is no evidence to suggest this is the case world wide .

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

Medical bodies like society contain people, who support , oppose and have no strong view on AVD therefore a buyers position is correct . The choices should be the person requesting and Drs should have the right to participate or not . Both making informed choice ✌️

[Chris Hingston @DrChrisHingston]

@jopo899 I think you are right Jo. Not something I could personally ever be involved with, however there appears to be no majority view amongst doctors. Here is the Royal College of Physicians neutral stance after a ballot recently.

https://t.co/QwDnYJAMOC

[Right To Die UK @uk_right]

Exactly. It’s not simply about death but stoping untreatable suffering and pain . Thank you ✌️

[@doconskis 💉 @DocOnSkis]

@jopo899 If you think assisted dying is ethically reasonable, why would you not do it...?