Under the terms of the new census, the college will adopt a ‘neutral’ position unless 60 per cent of members vote to maintain the current position of opposing a change in the law.
Twenty-three members have expressed their concern in a letter to The Times newspaper.
They say it is wrong to demand a supra-majority simply to maintain the status quo and argue that the move is a deliberate attempt by a minority on the RCP council to drop the college’s opposition to assisted suicide.
One of the signatories, Dr Rosemary Anthony-Pillai who is a Consultant Palliative Care Physician in London told Premier:
“They have unilaterally moved to a neutral position and created an unfair vote by bringing in a supra-majority…. well, they have actually downgraded it from 66 per cent to 60 per cent following a council meeting a few weeks ago. And what they have said is, unless that threshold is met, they will stay at ‘neutral’.”
The writers of the letter say they acknowledge that there are a variety of opinions held by doctors on this issue but the last poll that was carried out found that 58 per cent of members opposed a change in the law, with under 25 per cent believing that the college should campaign in favour of new legislation.
Dr Rosemary Anthony-Pillai told Premier: “‘Neutral’ does not mean neutral. And we only need to look at countries such as Canada and even the state of…
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