(Photo: Getty/iStock)Over 135 doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from across Yorkshire have signed an open letter urging MPs to vote against the proposed assisted suicide bill when it returns to Parliament in September, warning that it does not provide adequate safeguards for vulnerable patients. The legislation, introduced by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, is largely identical to the assisted suicide bill previously brought forward by Kim Leadbeater. The signatories argue that introducing assisted suicide while end-of-life care remains under pressure would place further strain on an already stretched system. “Our NHS is fragile, under immense pressure, and palliative care access is inequitable and woefully inadequate,” they wrote. Instead of legalising assisted suicide, the group calls on MPs to prioritise improving access to palliative and hospice care, and raising standards.