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That complexity is a factor in the requirement to be able to access consultant care.I received a very moving letter from a lady who lives to the north of Wick but who, until recently, lived on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
They have no preparation, no training and no example to follow. Their lives are turned upside down. In rural areas social isolation is compounded by physical isolation.
I am not quite clear what that phrase means, but I think that the context is that prisons must provide people with the opportunities to make decisions that will heal their lives and get their lives right. There is clear evidence throughout Scotland's prisons that those opportunities are sometimes provided and that th...
Some of them invested their entire working lives in public transport. Most of them live off very modest pensions.A similar case south of the border involved former employees of the National Bus Company.
The provision of effective, 24-hour-a-day-care in the final days or weeks of life, when dignity is a vital part of the patient's life and the lives of their families, is a vital part of coping with terminal illness.
If the Executive wants a bill that allows euthanasia and living wills, it should produce one. However, if the Executive does not want euthanasia and living wills to have primacy over other considerations, we must ensure that the bill does not allow that to happen.