No Budget for Assisted Suicide Service, Health Minister Says

Wes Streeting made the remarks to explain why he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults Bill on Friday, which passed with a narrow margin of 23.
No Budget for Assisted Suicide Service, Health Minister Says
Health Secretary Wes Streeting arrives in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting in Westminster, London, England, on June 17, 2025. Yui Mok/PA Wire
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Britain’s national health service does not have the budget to implement an assisted suicide service, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said on Saturday in a social media post.

“Even with the savings that might come from assisted dying if people take up the service - and it feels uncomfortable talking about savings in this context to be honest - setting up this service will also take time and money that is in short supply,” Streeting said in a June 21 Facebook post.