St Mary’s University has announced plans to open a new School of Medicine on its Strawberry Hill Campus in Twickenham, London.
The announcement from the Catholic university in the UK capital is big news for the Catholic community in Britain, especially coming at such a crucial and volatile time in the country’s healthcare landscape.
Assisted suicide could be about to be enshrined in UK law, with enormous implications when it comes to caring for the vulnerable and for the likes of current end-of-life practises and palliative care. At the same time, practices around abortion and medical "gender realignment" intervention remain in flux and contested in both the public domain and at the legislative level.
