Ms Leadbeater said the panel would be “wholly independent” and would need to be satisfied the decision by the dying person was “voluntary and not the result of pressure or coercion, and that the person had the capacity to make that decision”.
New ‘judge plus’ system proposed by MP behind assisted dying Bill Psychiatrists and social workers would be involved in approving assisted dying applications under proposals aimed at beefing up safeguards under a new law.
Ms Leadbeater said the two independent doctors would be required to submit reports to the panel on each person applying to the commission for permission to die.
She has now proposed a judge-led Voluntary Assisted Dying Commission that she said would give a greater role for experts including psychiatrists and social workers in overseeing applications.
Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is expected to bring forward amendments for a so-called “judge plus” system, after hearing concerns during expert evidence sessions last month.
