Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he is voting against the Bill (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Health Secretary has ordered the Department of Health to analyse the costs of implementing any change in the law on assisted dying.

The Cabinet minister – who plans to vote against the assisted dying Bill when it is debated later this month – has suggested there may need to be cuts to other NHS services if the changes are brought in.