Member

Amendment 48, also tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, would insert a specific reference to the principle of therapeutic benefit into the definition of appropriate medical treatment in Clause 8. We strongly support the principle of therapeutic benefit and have explicitly set this out in the Bill, as well as embedding all four principles from the independent review throughout our reforms. The changes made to Clause 8 in the Bill already embed the principle of therapeutic benefit in the definition of appropriate medical treatment by introducing the requirement that treatment has a “reasonable prospect” of benefiting the patient to be deemed appropriate.