Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

<p>‘There isn’t a budget for this,’ health secretary says after MPs vote to legalise procedure in England and Wales</p><p>Wes Streeting has voiced doubts over whether the NHS can afford to establish an assisted dying service, after MPs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/assisted-dying-law-england-and-wales-bill-passed">passed a bill to legalise the procedure last week</a>.</p><p>The health secretary was previously a supporter of assisted dying but switched sides last year, expressing concerns about the ethics of offering such a service before significant improvements could be made to the NHS.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/22/wes-streeting-nhs-assisted-dying-service-mps-commons-bill">Continue reading...</a>