Richard Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- consultant gynaecological surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and professor of practice at Imperial College London
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology, Assisted dying
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“It's a huge privilege to be part of Grace's journey. Our whole team are delighted to see Grace and her family so happy with baby Amy.”
What Richard Smith has said
“Neither increased access to palliative care nor legislation for assisted dying will fix our broken relationship with death. Death takes place in complex social systems and we need to understand, debate and change those systems to rebalance our relationship with death.”
Co-chair, Lancet Commission on the Value of Death · Assisted dying · 10 Sept 2026 · Parliament must heed public opinion on assisted dying | Letters ↗
Where Richard Smith has been quoted
- First UK birth following womb transplant | News | About usimperial.nhs.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Parliament must heed public opinion on assisted dying | Letterstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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