一位威尔士同行敦促威尔士人提供临终护理,并警告不要以英国法律凌驾于威尔士卫生权力之上。
A Welsh peer urges end-of-life care in Welsh and warns against UK law overriding Wales' health powers.
一位Plaid Cymru同龄人,Smith Llanfaes男爵夫人,在英国议会辩论《终期成人(生命终结)法案》时,呼吁在威尔士提供临终护理服务,强调病人必须能够用母语讨论临终护理问题。
A Plaid Cymru peer, Baroness Smith Llanfaes, has called for assisted dying services to be available in Welsh during the UK Parliament debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, emphasizing the importance of patients being able to discuss end-of-life care in their native language.
她对该法案的宪法影响表示关切,指出健康在威尔士是一个下放的问题,威尔士政府应在决定是否提供此类服务方面发挥中心作用。
She raised concerns about the bill’s constitutional implications, noting that health is a devolved matter in Wales and that the Welsh Government should have a central role in deciding whether to implement such services.
她批评取消一项要求下放同意的条款,称其问题严重,并质疑反对协助死亡的威尔士部长是否应该监督在威尔士国家保健服务系统推出这一条款。
She criticized the removal of a clause requiring devolved consent, calling it deeply problematic, and questioned whether a Welsh minister who opposed assisted dying should oversee its rollout in NHS Wales.