by Genevieve Holl-Allen and Janet Eastham, Telegraph
Palliative care providers fear losing NHS funding if they do not offer service for terminally ill patients
Hospices that refuse to offer assisted dying services could be forced to shut if their funding is pulled, palliative care doctors have warned.
Almost 350 clinicians involved in end of life care have written to the Health Secretary urging him to promise not to revoke NHS funding for providers if they do not offer assisted dying.
They have warned that if hospices were to lose funding as a result of the choice to not provide assisted dying services, they would be at risk of closure.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the House of Commons on Friday for further debate.