EVEN improved palliative care would not stop legal assisted suicide being a threat to the disabled and people in poverty, a disability rights campaigner warned today.Ipsos polling this week found 34 per cent of the public feel assisted dying should only be legalised if accompanied by additional investment in end-of-life care. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested he believes improved palliative care should come before any move to legalise assisted suicide. The issue returns to the Commons this week.

EVEN improved palliative care would not stop legal assisted suicide being a threat to the disabled and people in poverty, a disability rights campaigner warned today.

Ipsos polling this week found 34 per cent of the public feel assisted dying should only be legalised if accompanied by additional investment in end-of-life care.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested he believes improved palliative care should come before any move to legalise assisted suicide. The issue returns to the Commons this week.

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