Good afternoon friend,





New research published today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
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in order to control their suffering. Please make sure that your MP sees this research - if you can, please Tweet your MP today.
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This data was instigated as a result of a Dignity in Dying parliamentary meeting
last year, at which the then Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock,
announced that he had asked the ONS to investigate the data available on
terminally ill people taking their own lives.



This is a vital piece of evidence demonstrating that changing the law on
assisted dying would be safer and more compassionate than the current law.



Tweet your MP today →
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All dying people should have access to the highest-quality palliative care. But
we know that 17 people a day will suffer as they die
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alternatives that are needlessly violent, unsafe, and traumatising to those left
behind.



In our 2021 report Last Resort: the hidden truth about how dying people take their own lives in
the UK
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this is happening. They can’t ignore this.



Tweet your MP today →
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How much more evidence of the danger and cruelty of the current law is needed
before we accept that it is not fit for purpose? How many more daughters need to get a phone call that their 93-year-old father
died by hanging himself in the garage? How many more doctors need to be told
their cancer patient ended their life with a gun or walked in front of a lorry?
How many more?



This research is heartbreaking. It puts into cold, hard facts, the suffering of
hundreds of dying people and their families. It is vital evidence supporting the
urgent need for law reform. MPs must be given the chance to act. Now.
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Tweet your MP today →
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Thank you for reading this email and for giving your MP the opportunity to
respond to this vital new evidence.



Sincerely,





Sarah Wootton

Dignity in Dying



P.S. If you don’t have Twitter or have another 30 seconds to spare, please make
sure you’ve demonstrated your support by signing our government petition
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