'It's simply not safe': A thousand doctors write to MPs urging them to vote against assisted dying bill

'It's simply not safe': A thousand doctors write to MPs urging them to vote against assisted dying bill

More than 1,000 doctors have written to MPs urging them to vote against the assisted dying bill, calling it a "real threat to both patients and the medical workforce".

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