The bill, modeled after Oregon’s law, would apply to terminally ill patients and could usher in one of the most dramatic social changes Britain has seen in years.

Dr Blaber is against moves to legalise assisted dying, and said if a new law was passed vulnerable patients without access to good quality palliative care could feel pressure to end their lives.

The Myton Hospices has released a statement after MPs voted last week to support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Fixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, say senior doctors, after a proposed law on assisted dying has passed to the next stage of parliament. The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) says there is a risk the funding needed to pay for doctors and the courts to oversee assisted dying could divert money away from care for the dying.