Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised in Scotland following a landmark vote at Holyrood. Parliamentarians backed ...

Ahead of a final vote, the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill will move to a committee stage where it ...

Scotland’s parliament has passed the first stage of a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their own lives, taking ...

The Scottish Parliament has given its initial backing to legislation to legalise assisted dying. A bill tabled by Liberal ...

A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than ...

The new AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish parliament organise feedback from aa public consultation into themes ...

MSPs supported the principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by 70 votes to 56, allowing it ...

MSPs have approved the general principles of legislation that could introduce assisted dying for terminally ill Scots in a ...

The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and ...

Research by the BBC also suggests that a plurality of GPs may be against the proposals. Over 1,000 GPs responded to a BBC ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic ...