Right to die, how does CUK vote?

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Isn't there another moral side to this to overcome here in the UK. Something to do with the action to terminate life has to be taken by a healthcare professional but their code means they cannot do it so got that argument to get over as well as the issues of his choice? Could be wrong.

Yes very much so. No one goes into a caring profession expecting to end lives. However what we are talking about is not rehabilitation its palliative. The morning after my mum passed away I had to comeback to the hospice and collect her final belongings and I was able to spend a while talking to the lovely nurse who was looking after my mum. The hospice was very well staffed with almost 1:1 patient nurse care. Her other patient a the time was a woman about the same age as me, who had just been told that they had missed some tumours previously when she had cervical cancer and that it had spread as a result and she was now in her final stages...

I asked the following question: If I was to campaign for the right to die, was it something that would be against what you and your team do here? Am I just raw from the experience or was my mums case particularly harsh?

Her response was simple: Many people make the statement that no-one has to suffer at the end and that all the best care is given in terms of pain relief and support: But then you don't see very many of them volunteering to work here for a month and see the things we see...

Angels walk this planet, that is a certainty and most of them work in hospices!