Surgeons have dropped their opposition to assisted suicide after a majority voted to say they were in favour of it being legalised.
The Royal College of Surgeons became the latest medical body to drop its opposition after the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Nursing.
It will now officially adopt a neutral stance as the issue is the focus of an inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee. Some 72% of surgeons voted to change the college’s opposition.
