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Legalisation of assisted dying may force NHS cuts, Wes Streeting warns

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Minister has asked officials at Department of Health to analyse implications for other services

Civil servants are looking at the extra costs that assisted dying would impose on the NHS amid a warning from Wes Streeting that some services may be cut to fund expanded end-of-life care.

The health secretary has asked officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to analyse potential implications for NHS services if the right to die is legalised in England and Wales.

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