Paul Brand

2 weeks ago | itv.com | Paul Brand

The law in the UK prohibits people from assisting the suicide of others, though prosecutions are incredibly rare, ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand reportsA man has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of encouraging or assisting the suicide of a British person in Switzerland, with police potentially investigating dozens more deaths. Sean Davison is currently on police bail and has previously said publicly that he has helped people travel to Switzerland to take their own lives.

4 weeks ago | itv.com | Paul Brand

Anne travelled from Wales to the Pegasos clinic near Basel in Switzerland to end her life in secret, as ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand reports An assisted dying clinic in Switzerland has helped a British woman to die without her family’s knowledge, despite promising ITV News it had changed its practices. In January this year, 51-year-old Anne - whose surname we aren’t disclosing - travelled from Wales to the Pegasos clinic near Basel to end her life in secret.

1 month ago | itv.com | Paul Brand

ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand travelled to Oregon where he met Jessica Lantz, who had 47 hours left to liveI have never met anyone before who knows exactly when they are going to die. By the time I arrive at Jessica Lantz’s house in Portland, Oregon, she has 47 hours left to live. I am standing in her kitchen, holding her life in my hands. She has passed me the bottle of medications that will kill her, aged 43. Turning the brown glass container in my palm, the powder looks like flour.

2 months ago | itv.com | Paul Brand

The Assisted Dying Bill currently being scrutinised by MPs will no longer require patients to receive the direct sign-off of a high court judge before they die. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has announced an amendment to her bill which will instead require an expert panel to approve each assisted death, following the sign-off of two independent doctors.

Nov 18, 2024 | itv.com | Paul Brand

"I think that assisted dying is the right thing to do from the point of view of compassion", Kinnock told ITV News' Paul BrandThe minister for palliative care Stephen Kinnock has told ITV News that he will vote for the assisted dying bill, in contrast to his boss the Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Mr Kinnock, who sits beneath Mr Streeting at the Department for Health and Social Care, said he did not believe there was a conflict between assisted dying and hospice care.