“MANY uncertainties” remain over the cost to NHS of introducing assisted suicide, Health Secretary Neil Gray has told MSPs.Despite amendments to Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill being voted on next week and the Bill facing its final hurdle on March 17, Mr Gray said it was “difficult at this stage” to quantify its effects on health budgets.

“MANY uncertainties” remain over the cost to NHS of introducing assisted suicide, Health Secretary Neil Gray has told MSPs.

Despite amendments to Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill being voted on next week and the Bill facing its final hurdle on March 17, Mr Gray said it was “difficult at this stage” to quantify its effects on health budgets.

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