Assisted Dying Bill: Doctors required to discuss other options with patients

Kim Leadbeater wrote to MPs about the next stages of the assisted dying Bill (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Doctors would be required to set out a range of other options available to a patient if they discuss assisted dying, the MP behind the Bill has proposed, in an effort to ensure “the most rigorous safeguards” for any new law.

Kim Leadbeater has written to MPs, stressing that it is important to “enhance” the proposed legislation where necessary.