This is so true & I was pleased this bill didnโt pass. As I held the hand of my best friend - including the last 12 hours of his life just in January with his family, I know the awful time of seeing someone you love die. We must do better for palliative care & a better bill! ๐
Speech of the day from former attorney general Baroness Prentis, who is undergoing chemotherapy:
โWhen Iโve been waiting, literally on the floor, having fainted, of a less than perfectly clean NHS corridor, I have had a vision in my head of crisp white sheets and certainty that would come from knowing you were instantly going to die.
โFor me, and I suspect for most vulnerable people, that vision passes and life becomes worth living and good again. But I donโt think we should deny for one minute that that vision is briefly an attractive one.
โMy Lords, we owe the dying better than this bill.โ