Not sure I get this: a sizeable majority (47.6%) of @rcgp membership voted to oppose #AssistedDying & more so than last time. RCGP Council then with those results but its higher % of AD supporter council members, including ... ..ones that challenged stance last time via Good Law Project, decide on 'neither support nor don't support'. But for the GPs who gave an opinion in 2024, a majority thought the College should oppose...

With regard to #AssistedDying some reflections: a fairly large chunk of those people who may be expected to deliver this (geriatricians, GPs, oncologists, nurses, judges, courts, hospices) are either v actively opposed to it, or wouldn't want to be involved. 🧵 That's a big issue. Which is why this all feels a bit surreal, strange, rushed & not as 'progressive' as some people like to state. "We're listening to you" can seem hollow when you point out what NHS reality involves& where issues will likely crop up, but you get shouted down.

Today evidence being given about #DNACPR and #ReSPECT forms during pandemic at @covidinquiryuk

A thread on the situation in Wales. The Advance and Future Care Planning Strategic Group aims to provide strategic direction for all aspects of advance and future care planning in Wales and is chaired by myself... #Thread The position in Wales: we have national DNACPR, ACP, ADRT and TEP forms. ReSPECT emphasises the concept of discussing CPR together with a number of other aspects of future patient decisions and pathways, rather than as a standalone form to consider CPR.