Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and many more share insights on the subjects that matter to healthcare professionals in October’s Healthcare Today Digest.
Kim Leadbeater, the Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen, has many times declared that she is “not a political person”. However, much to her own surprise, she is in the spotlight as one of the figureheads pushing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill into law.
Here, the Labour backbencher talks about safeguarding vulnerable people, the importance of making genuine choices and the need for a balance between dignity and safety.
Also in this issue, Australian GP Bhawani O’Brien explains why patient care remains at the heart of voluntary assisted dying; Rakeeb Chowdhury, the chief executive and founder of Hummingbirds Medical, explains why current recall systems are widely seen as fragmented, admin-led, and clinically unsafe; and much more…
