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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 November 2025

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

There is something else that has happened. If you are in receipt of bad care, you become depressed, you become demoralised and you develop suicidal thoughts. I draw the attention of the House to the work of Cicely Saunders, the founder of modern specialist palliative care, who described “total pain”. That is where your experience of a physical pain is greatly enhanced by emotional, social and spiritual concerns.

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