Severely ill and dying Brits are more than twice as likely to end their own life, official data has revealed.
First-of-its-kind analysis has found a total of 978 patients in England with one of three severe health conditions, which are often terminal, died by suicide between January 2017 and March 2020.
Right-to-die campaigners have warned the data shows large numbers of desperate Brits are “taking matters into their own hands” in the absence of legal routes to an assisted death in England.
