London, England, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:35 pm

One of the United Kingdom’s leading experts in bioethics has warned that hospices may be forced to offer assisted death out of fear of losing their funding.

Pia Matthews, senior lecturer in health care ethics at St. Mary’s University, London, told CNA on Oct. 1 that if assisted dying is legalized in the U.K. this November, “there is real risk that funding to a hospice will depend on whether the hospice engages in the practice of facilitating assisted deaths, and this will put further pressure not only on staff but also on the survival of some hospices, which are already underfunded… Given that the very nature of assisted dying means that it is the cheaper option, this will inevitably have serious consequences for the funding of hospice care.”

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