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Matt wrote on 28-04-2017 12:15 PM

I asked my MP to support the bill, he wrote back saying he'd be voting against, with his conscience.

I asked him to listen to the debate, with an open mind; he didn't even bother attending, busy having lunch at a neighbouring constituency.

My interest came after spending time with my father who had terminal esophageal cancer. That's a particularly nasty one as your throat constricts making swallowing difficult and ultimately impossible - he had to have stents inserted into his throat to keep it from closing up.

But he didn't want any treatment.

Time and time again he expressed his fervent desire to die at a time and place of his choosing.

We talked about Dignitas but he didn't want to travel from his home.

So the NHS kept him alive for 6+ months, at great expense.

Money which could have been used to treat people who wanted to live.



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Not forgetting the millions spent on legal fees in cases brought by people with motor neurone disease, who simply want to die with dignity.

I think I heard that over £1b of the NHS budget is spent on legal fees - I searched and the picture looks far worse:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/744940/NHS-budget-legal-costs-compensation-negligence-cases-national-health-service

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Not forgetting the millions spent on legal fees in cases brought by people with motor neurone disease, who simply want to die with dignity.

I think I heard that over £1b of the NHS budget is spent on legal fees - I searched and the picture looks far worse:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/744940/NHS-budget-legal-costs-compensation-negligence-cases-national-health-service



£56 BILLION in legal fees?!? Shocked

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£56 BILLION in legal fees?!? Shocked



I presume that's legal fees and payouts, but I bet the fees are a large %.

Wonder when we'll see a law practice run on artificial intelligence, it's a massive industry which is ripe for the picking

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