Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 November 1999. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 8 November 1999.
Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord
- Question
- What estimate they have made of the annual numbers of mentally incapable adults in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom whose death could be brought about by the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration if such removal were legally sanctioned (a) without recourse to the courts for such patients not in persistent vegetative state and (b) through recourse to the courts for such patients in persistent vegetative state; and how many and what percentage of those patients they estimate each year would (a) have issued an advance directive requesting such a course of action or (b) have such nutrition and hydration removed without their own express request. [HL 4468]. - Information requested is not available centrally.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 606 c122-3WA; HL 4468
- Session
- 1998-99
- Subjects
- Courts Consent to medical treatment Law Food Euthanasia Medical treatments Patients Mental capacity Persistent vegetative state
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