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Hundreds of patients with a deadly heart condition are dying every year while stuck on an NHS waiting list amid long delays for life-saving treatment, research…

Catherine BurnsHealth correspondentHarriet AgerholmData journalistBBCGPs are deeply divided over assisted dying, with personal beliefs shaping their viewsFamily doctors in England are deeply divided on the issue…

Catherine BurnsHealth correspondentVicki LoaderHealth producerBBCMore than 1,000 GPs in England have shared their views about the assisted dying bill with BBC NewsIf you ask these three…

MPs opposed to assisted dying have criticised “distasteful” claims from the prominent campaigner Esther Rantzen, who argued many are fighting against the changes to the law…

Esther Rantzen has urged all MPs to back Kim Leadbeater’s “strong, safe, carefully considered bill” to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, which faces its…