{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/670ee066488fde8559b7d84d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are we actually ready for assisted dying?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1729527735524-abe95ff9-a9f4-4e15-93c5-8825e70394fb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This is a deeply personal, deeply divisive issue; and today a private members bill to permit assisted dying in the UK is being presented to the House of Commons.&nbsp;</p><p>Politicians will have a free vote on the issue later this year. The New Statesman this week asks whether the UK and its care system is ready for such a law.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we speak to those who've lost loved ones and are left with questions about whether an assisted death would have been better, as well as palliative care experts.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}