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The person is eligible, and a week later they are approved by the independent doctor. Once that happens, they can be approved by the panel. The co-ordinating doctor decides, as soon as the panel has approved, that the person is likely to die within a month and 48 hours after the panel approval, they can be given lethal drugs. In other words, VSED has brought about an accelerated process, and this develops a two-track system: those who use VSED are eligible, as long as it is not the cause of their meeting the criteria but only the cause of the illness worsening. This very much could be a possibility.