Legalising assisted dying could be a' Trojan horse that breaks the NHS', a leading opponent warned today after it was revealed that the health service has no money set aside for setting up a suicide service.
Dame Siobhain McDonagh warned that an assisted dying service could 'rob our stretched NHS of much needed resources' after Wes Streeting spoke in the Commons.
The Health Secretary told MPs no money has yet been allocated for the setting up of an assisted dying service, ahead of a vote expected on Friday on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Last year, Mr Streeting said there were 'choices and trade-offs', adding 'any new service comes at the expense of other competing pressures and priorities'.
It has prompted fears that the money needed to get a legalised euthanasia system off the ground could eat into the NHS's finances.
