“…The first is the idea of a “six months to live” label. “Terminal illness” is a fast-changing medical diagnosis in the modern medical world, and it is becoming an increasingly meaningless term.”
Record by topic
- Mental health18th of 890105.0
- Cancer16th of 64160.0
- Palliative & end of life care34th of 54036.0
- Learning disability & autism128th of 90530.0
- Adult social care & reform15th of 39727.0
- NHS waiting lists26th of 54327.0
- Public health & prevention44th of 70027.0
- A&E & ambulance response10th of 27227.0
- Heart disease & stroke10th of 40724.0
- Maternity & neonatal56th of 45315.0
- Diabetes15th of 19915.0
- GP access16th of 24715.0
- Women's health & gynaecology33rd of 21212.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking23rd of 1456.0
- Health inequalities83rd of 2996.0
- Rare diseases47th of 2076.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)23rd of 1466.0
- Dementia61st of 2636.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing62nd of 3146.0
- Medical ethics & regulation61st of 2266.0
- Assisted dying202nd of 3923.0
Also active on mental health
What they’ve said
“…There have been cases elsewhere in the world where patients have denied themselves palliative care and pain relief to remain lucid in order to consent to their death.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“As a practising surgeon who deals with bile duct cancer, I can reassure my hon. Friend that there is almost never a reason that someone should be in that state, with feculent vomiting, if they were treated appropriately and all the relevant palliative care measures were in place.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I speak on this matter as an active medical practitioner, a transplant surgeon and a cancer surgeon. Much of my clinical practice for the last 20 years has revolved around caring for unwell complex patients, many of whose illnesses flicker between the labels of “terminal illness” and “life-limiting illness”.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…n the country—a trained vascular surgeon, and a former Minister who was partly involved in bringing forward the cardiovascular modern service framework when I was in post. Vascular surgery was my bread and butter when I was a surgeon.”
Vascular Sector Reform · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Gentleman highlights should shock us all. If those were the statistics for dealing with any cancer, we would simply find them unacceptable. Does he agree that vascular disease, because it is not treated in the same way as cancer, in some cases ends up being treated as a “second-class” disease, and that we should be min…”
Vascular Sector Reform · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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