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End of Life Care

Proceeding contribution from Ben Gummer (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 March 2016. It occurred during Estimates day on End of Life Care.

I will. I take my right hon. Friend’s comments on that very seriously. We are looking at the whole system of death certification, and I hope to be able to come to the House in that regard in the not too distant future. His points were very well made.

My hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) talked about the duty that we all have to ensure that there is a better conversation between patients and clinicians; we should all be able to have that conversation so that we can break what my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent described as a taboo. At this point, not just as a Government or as Ministers but as a society, we need to grasp the nettle. We will all need to be involved so that we can give people the confidence to talk about such matters.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
606 c1041 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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