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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

The Bill requires doctors, but it could be a newly qualified doctor who does not have experience in these matters and may not have a postgrad in psychology. Carrying out a role that consultant psychiatrists say is hard to do would throw up another set of challenges. Dr Mumtaz Patel, from the Royal College of Physicians, talked about how important that connection is.

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