He called it “vital” that the public make a fully informed decision about end-of-life care and assisted suicide. Earlier this year, he was presented with the Dame Cicely Saunders International Award 2026 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to primary palliative care and reducing care inequities. “But evidence from palliative care, primary care, and prognostic research paints a much more uncertain picture. They added that several public figures who have publicly campaigned for assisted suicide eligibility based on terminal prognoses have continued living for years. Scotland’s Parliament later voted on March 17 to reject a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide for terminally ill adults.