New British PM Andy Burnham declines to give stance on assisted dying

LONDON – New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on July 29 declined to say whether he would support fresh attempts to legalise assisted dying, saying social care reform was needed first.Burnham relaunched his years-long bid to create a national service to tackle Britain’s care crisis for the elderly and vulnerable, in a speech on July 29 at a London care association.But asked by a reporter “what’s your position on assisted dying?”, Burnham replied: “Personally, I think there’s something that needs to happen first.“That is the fixing of the funding of palliative care and social care.“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.”His comments are the first time he has addressed the s