Overview
- Commons to hold the third reading and final vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on June 20, 2025
- Recent amendments impose a ban on advertising assisted dying services and prohibit doctors from initiating discussions with patients under 18
- Over 300 medical students wrote to MPs warning that the legislation risks offering death in place of care and inflicting moral strain on clinicians
- The government remains neutral on this private members’ bill and has not allocated NHS funding for establishing assisted dying services
- A cross-party group of MPs has urged Commons leadership to grant additional time for scrutiny of last-minute changes before the decisive vote