Assisted Dying

Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

Podot

Society & Culture, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Pd, Medicine, Science, Health, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Assisted dying is currently on the agenda in the UK, as a private member's bill enters Parliament. But with legislation comes a moral debate: should the state be involved in easing the passing of the sick? And, if so, what should the conditions be? What guardrails can be put in place to ensure that what ought to be about mercy doesn't become the subject of abuse? To discuss this difficult topic and the impact that the contemporary political push could have on the Parky community, the Movers & Shakers are joined in the pub by Lord Falconer, whose bill in the House of Lords has set out many of the expected parameters of this new attempt to change the law.

Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

Music by Alex Stobbs.

Artwork by Till Lukat.

PR by Sally Jones.

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0:00.0	On the 16th of October, the Labour MP Kim Ledbetter introduced her bill entitled
0:06.1	the Terminally Ill Adult's End of Life bill to Parliament. In consequence,
0:11.4	Charlie Faulkner withdrew his own bill, believing, not unreasonably, that a bill introduced in the House of Commons had more chance of being enacted than a bill that was commenced in the House of Lords. The actual details of the Ledbetter
0:26.3	bill have not yet been revealed. They will be disclosed to the public shortly before the
0:31.7	bill is debated on the 29th of November.
0:34.8	However, it's reasonable to assume that in its essential detail the bill will
0:39.7	provide the same procedures and safeguards as Charlie Faulkner's bill.
0:44.4	When we refer in the episode to your bill, we're referring of course to Charlie's now
0:49.7	withdrawn bill, but the comments should be taken to be applying equally to the Ledbetter bill.
0:55.0	Potto. You're listening to Movers and Shakers a podcast about living with Parkinson's.
1:10.0	The show is sponsored by the generous contributions of private donors.
1:14.0	Welcome to another episode of our podcast about living with Parkinson's.
1:25.4	We're gathered as usual in the pub for a drink, a laugh and a moan.
1:29.8	Let's see who's here.
1:30.8	I'm Nicholas Morston.
1:31.8	I'm Paul Mayhew Archer. I'm Nicholas Moston. I'm Paul Mayhew Archer. I'm Marl model.
1:34.3	I'm Jillian A. C. Solomon. Sadly, we are missing Jeremy, who is unwell, and Rory, who is in Leeds on his tour to promote his new book
1:43.2	Sophie from Romania which has some very lovely things to say about this
1:46.6	podcast.
1:47.6	It very movingly describes how they had to have cabbage
1:51.0	the beloved predecessor of Sophie put down when her suffering became intolerable.
1:56.6	Now the reason I'm referring to this will become apparent in a moment.
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