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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

I have another example to show why I have a real worry about this process. My husband was unwell and we had an online assessment. The doctor said that my husband had an ear infection, but it is only because I am probably quite a “difficult” expert patient that I pushed back quite hard and explained that he was permanently on antibiotics and was already taking the antibiotics that would have been prescribed for an ear infection. I gave the amounts that he was taking and I kept being told that it was an ear infection. I pushed back and pushed back. He had had a stroke. Without me forcing the issue and getting him to hospital, I am not sure he would be with me now.

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