Current project
As part of this project we commissioned a number of experts to draw upon our evidence and share their perspectives on assisted dying. The following articles were published between January and April 2025.
The assisted dying debate must consider the religious beliefs of global majority staff
31 January 2025
Mehrunisha Suleman, Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics explores the potential impacts of assisted dying legislation on our health workforce in the Health Service Journal (register for free to read).
We ran England’s first Citizens’ Jury on assisted dying – here’s what we learnt
7 February 2025
Danielle Hamm, Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, shares insights from the Citizens’ Jury in Civil Service World.
To Be or Not to Be: Viewing assisted dying through the lens of faiths
12 March 2025
Muhammed Afolabi, Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics penned an article exploring assisted dying through the lens of faiths , published as a blog.
A panel replaces a judge
18 April 2025
Sir Mark Hedley, retired High Court Judge, discusses the amendment in the Bill that replaces a High Court Judge with a multidisciplinary panel in the New Law Journal.
The Australian experience of safeguarding in assisted dying
18 April 2025
Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law, shares perspectives from Australia where assisted dying has been permitted in law since 2017, in The House Magazine.
Patients’ trust in doctors must not be compromised by assisted dying
19 April
Nancy Preston, Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care, considers how the patient-doctor relationship might be impacted by an assisted dying service in The House Magazine.
Experts are divided over six-month safeguard for assisted dying
20 April 2025
Palliative care experts Katherine Sleeman and Sam Amedzai present different opinions on the proposed ‘six-month rule’ – which would limit access to assisted dying to those with terminal illness and a prognosis of six months or fewer – in The House Magazine.