The Royal College of Nursing has become the only major medical insistutions to withdraw its opposition to assisted dying to neutral meaning it will neither support nor oppose a change in the law.
In the News
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July 24th, 2009
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July 24th, 2009
The Royal College of Nursing has today dropped its five-year opposition to the principle of assisted suicide after a consultation with its members.
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July 24th, 2009
As a palliative care doctor for the past 23 years, I have seen the journey towards the end of life at close quarters for in excess of 5,000 people. Work in palliative care involves meeting each of these people as individuals. There is no 'one size fits all'.
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July 24th, 2009
Library officials banned a youth leader from putting up a poster because they said it was too religious.
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July 23rd, 2009
The Church of England yesterday overthrew 2,000 years of history by giving its blessing to couples having children before they marry.
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July 23rd, 2009
In a world where advances in cloning and genetics are threatening to make men redundant, scientists finally have some reassuring news.
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July 23rd, 2009
A publicly funded exhibition is encouraging people to deface the Bible in the name of art ? and visitors have responded with abuse and obscenity.
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July 23rd, 2009
An art exhibition where people are encouraged to write in a Bible has seen visitors daub abuse and obscenities across its pages.
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July 23rd, 2009
The Church of England has issued an unprecedented order to suspend the 'sharing of the chalice' at services of Holy Communion as a precaution against swine flu.
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July 23rd, 2009
Muslims, Jewish and Hindu crime victims could be given the right to request a police officer of their own religion under a scheme being trialled in the Sikh community.