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Scottish Parliament - Bills
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament voted on this Bill on 1 December 2010, the majority disagreed to the general principles of the Bill, and the Bill therefore fell. (Votes For: 16 ; Votes Against: 85 ; Abstentions:2 ) This is the end of the parliamentary process for this Bill, and no such similar Bill can be introduced before the end of the Parliament in May next year. More information about the Bill is available on the Scottish Parliament website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/38-EndLifeAssist/index.htm
Palliative Care (Scotland) Bill
This Members Bill was withdrawn by Gil Paterson MSP on 2 December 2010. More information about the Bill is available on the Scottish Parliament website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/50-PalliativeCare/index.htm
Dementia Forum
The Partnership has been invited onto the Dementia Forum chaired by the Minister for Public Health
Annual Review 2010
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Annual Review
The Annual Review, for the year ended 31 March 2010, is now available and can be obtained from the office of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care or downloaded via the link below.
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care - Annual Review for the year ended 31 March 10
Cross Party Group on Palliative Care
Audio Recording of Debate on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The Cross Party Group on Palliative Care met at the Scottish Parliament on March 23rd 2010. The meeting featured a debate on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, with reference to the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill.
The meeting was chaired by Michael McMahon MSP. Mr John Paley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling, spoke first in support of physician assisted suicide. Dr Stephen Hutchison, Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine at the Highland Hospice, spoke against physician assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. An extended question and discussion session followed.
You can find out more information and download MP3 files of presentations and Q&A session in our cross-party group section.
Living and Dying Well - Short Life Working Group 7
As part of the work associated with Living and Dying Well, the Scottish government’s action plan for palliative and end of life care, the Partnership led a working group to report on the subject:-
Addressing palliative and end of life care from a public health and health promotion perspective: facilitating wider discussion of death, dying and bereavement across society.
A copy of the working group’s final report is now available for download: SLWG7 Final Report
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