SENEDD 'WILL GET VOTE' ON ASSISTED DYING

VOTE WILL DECIDE WHETHER SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH WELSH NHS, COUNSEL GENERAL CONFIRMS

- Taite Johnson

THE Welsh NHS will only assist terminally ill people to die if the Senedd agrees to it, the Welsh Parliament has been told.

Last month MPs in the House of Commons agreed to legalise an assisted dying bill for terminally ill people in England and Wales.

However, the Welsh Parliament was told on Wednesday that Senedd members will have a vote on whether assisted dying services will be available in the public sector via the Welsh NHS.

As healthcare is devolved in Wales, questions have arisen as to how the new law will work here.