Assisted dying may not be legalised, but it is already taking place in British hospitals – without the consent of patients or their families. Nine years after the discredited Liverpool Care Pathway for end-of-life care was discontinued on the basis that it was euthanasia by another name, a report from the Lords and Commons and Family and Child Protection Group was published last month, showing that NHS practitioners in hospitals have terminated the lives of elderly and vulnerable patients by sedating them and withdrawing nutrition and hydration: that is, making them die of hunger and thirst while they are unable to communicate. The report is in response to the concerns of the group, Voice for Justice UK, which has collated 600 cases where patients died after being admitted to hospital, even though many had conditions that were not life-threatening and from whom food and drink were withdrawn.