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The Britons who made their final journey to Dignitas clinic

Stories of people who travelled to the Swiss assisted-dying facility to end their lives

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

Dignitas has helped 540 British people die, MPs told

Swiss organisation calls for assisted dying to be legalised in UK and made available alongside palliative care

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

Number of Irish people choosing Switzerland for assisted dying increases 10-fold

Tom Curran, who is director of the Irish branch of Exit International, said he has been contacted by countless people seeking information on voluntary assisted death.

Irish Mirror · May 29, 2023

Assisted dying ban ‘failing families’ as British membership of Dignitas soars

Campaigning organisation Dignity in Dying said the numbers are ‘evidence that the ban on assisted dying is failing British families’.

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Assisted dying volunteer says she'd 'do it again' after going with woman to end her life

Sue Lawford was probed by Dyffed Powys Police after going with Sharon Johnston - who had been paralysed in a fall - to Switzerland's Dignitas clinic where she ended her life

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

Radio DJ James Whale considered euthanasia after devastating terminal cancer diagnosis

DJ James Whale said had it not been for his wife Nadine he would have ended it all when he was diagnosed with cancer again, as this time it is sadly terminal

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2023

The time to die should be of our choosing

However difficult it is to legally protect assisted dying, we should still try

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023

TalkTV host James Whale reveals he is dying of terminal cancer in heartbreaking speech

Talk TV and talkRADIO presenter James Whale announced he has only months to live as he has terminal cancer which has spread to his brain, spine, kidney and lungs

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Mum arrested after helping stranger travel to carry out assisted suicide at Dignitas

Sue Lawford had only met Sharon Johnston once when she agreed to chaperon her to Dignitas, a nonprofit organisation in Switzerland that provides assisted-suicide to those with terminal or severe illness.

Daily Record · Nov 17, 2022

Ex-NHS worker's 6-month arrest ordeal after helping woman to end her own life

Sue Lawford assisted Sharon Johnston, a 60-year-old woman who became tetraplegic following a fall, to Dignitas, in Switzerland, on February 14 of this year

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022