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Only the massive advocacy of a powerful network of noble Lords and noble friends managed to save my noble friend’s life. However, the Bill would allow very similar situations: options constrained by NHS failure, government decisions not to fund treatment or just logistics. Any doctor could raise the option, explain that nothing else can be done and ask immediately whether they want to sign the declaration for the first assessment, or arrange for someone else to. They would put them on the conveyor belt to the second assessment seven days later, which would be followed immediately by the panel, with the reflection period reduced to 48 hours. That is a timeline of just nine days to save your loved one, who has been told that there is no other option.