This is 'good news' for law change

assisted dying, but many of us do all over this country.” It follows similar moves from opposition to neutrality by medical groups including the Royal College of Anaesthetists last year, the Royal College of Surgeons in 2023, the British Medical Association (2021) and the Royal College of Physicians (2019).

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Dr Jones is a GP with four decades' experience and health editor at ITV's Good Morning Britain and Lorraine.

Writing in the Daily Express today, he says: “Like many doctors, I've been at too many bedsides to ignore the terrible suffering that can happen as a person dies. I've witnessed pain and distress that outreaches even the best palliative care.” He adds: “I am delighted that the RCGP now has a position where it can represent us all.”

Sarah Wootton, chief executive of campaigners Dignity in Dying, called the change a “sensible and pragmatic decision, reflecting a remarkable shift in how the medical profession approaches choice at the end of life”. She added: “The decision recognises that these reforms are almost certainly coming to parts of the British Isles.

“With the Isle of Man on the cusp of changing the law and Bills in Westminster, Scotland and Jersey making steady progress, there is a strong chance that some terminally ill British citizens may take this choice before the end of the decade.