Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

Funds for service in England and Wales ‘in short supply’, health secretary says after MPs vote to legalise procedure

Wes Streeting has voiced doubts over whether the NHS can afford to establish an assisted dying service, after MPs passed a bill to legalise the procedure last week.

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.