UK’s Burnham says assisted dying debate must follow fixes to palliative care

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said debates on assisted suicide should be delayed until the country’s palliative and social care systems have been reformed.”Personally, I think thereʼs something that needs to happen first, and thatʼs the fixing of the funding of palliative care and social care,” Burnham said on July 29. “I think it is very challenging to introduce that wider debate in a context of people not receiving that care and having the peace of mind about that care.”Burnham…