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Do not despair, Julian Barnes, ageing matures the soul

January 30, 2013

We must not dreary pessimism drive us towards acceptance of suicide

Nine out of 10 unborn children found to have Down’s syndrome are aborted. The price of this tragedy is high

December 05, 2012

Now the Liverpool Care Pathway, it seems, is being applied to babies with severe long-term disabilities

Government opens inquiry into Liverpool Care Pathway

November 28, 2012

Archbishop Smith had asked the Department of Health to launch an inquiry in September

Jeremy Hunt orders an inquiry into the Liverpool Care Pathway, and says patients and relatives must be consulted. But will the doctors pay any attention?

November 09, 2012

There is too much evidence that the LCP is being used by some doctors as euthanasia by the back door, and that they are wilfully failing to consult: the Health Secretary will be ignored

My brother’s happy death was the kind we all wish for

November 05, 2012

It was a significant contrast to the sad, hasty and solitary deaths so many people are subjected to, not least on the Liverpool Care Pathway

State rejects archbishop’s call for review of care pathway

October 19, 2012

Department of Health says it will not launch an inquiry into the Liverpool Care Pathway despite plea from archbishop

Sydney bishop says at Oxford University: let’s not kill off elderly to cut costs

October 19, 2012

In a lecture Bishop Anthony Fisher says cost-cutting may lead to a compromise on basic moral principles

The reality of the NHS is very different to that presented at the Olympic ceremony

August 01, 2012

The numbers dying under the state healthcare provider belies its image