Ella Hubbard , 2025-06-24 10:56:00
Representatives at the BMA’s annual meeting have called for additional funding to meet the costs of delivering assisted dying services, emphasising that the money should not be drawn from existing health and social care budgets.
Proposing the motion, Samuel Parker, a GP in northeast England, cited health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s claim that “there isn’t a budget” for the implementation of the services.1 Streeting was speaking after MPs voted to approve a bill that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales, meaning it is now highly likely to become law.2
Parker told the conference in Liverpool that, with 7.4 …
