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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 March 2026
Debate
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContribution
Patients should be told of those possibilities when they go in, because otherwise they might despair. At the very least, patients need to know this sort of granular detail and that there are possibilities, rather than getting a stone-cold, “You’ve got six months”, upon which they immediately think of all the worst things that could happen and maybe therefore make a decision that is literally fatal.
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