conversation about putting this right, about making palliative care something we can be really proud of. what concerns me is now this bill is passed, there may be less impetus to do that. counting will begin in ireland's general election this morning as an exit poll suggests it's a tight three—way race. we are live in dublin as fianna fail, fine gael and sinn fein will find out who is the biggest party to leave the next government. == find out who is the biggest party to leave the next government. -- lead. she is special— leave the next government. -- lead. she is special to _ leave the next government. -- lead. she is special to me _ leave the next government. -- lead. she is special to me because - leave the next government. -- lead. she is special to me because she - leave the next government. -- lead. she is special to me because she is l she is special to me because she is my best _ she is special to me because she is my best friend. the schoolgirls who live less than a mile apart and met while they were being treated for the same rare cancer. good morning. in sport, the race to reach the women's euros is on a knife edge for wales and scotland as both draw in the first legs of their play—offs with wales taking an early lead against the republic of ireland, but they couldn't hold on. and a special delivery from the snack man with a super power now aiming to deliver another fa cup shock:

we meet tamworth's tommy tonks with his tremendous throw—in. good morning, a bit of drizzle in the west. all of your details here on bbc breakfast. it's saturday, the 30th of november. our main story: senior doctors providing end—of—life care are urging ministers to fix palliative services after mps voted in favour of legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people in england and wales. the association for palliative medicine wants the government to set up a commission to examine how to improve the care its members provide to patients. it is warning about the impact of a lack of funding and poor co—ordination of services. the department of health has been asked for comment. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns.

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die. this bill would only be relevant — die. this bill would only be relevant to _ die. this bill would only be relevant to certain - die. this bill would only be relevant to certain people. i die. this bill would only be - relevant to certain people. they would have to be over 18, registered with a gp in england or wales and be expected to die within six months. they must have the mental capacity to decide and clearly express their wishes. it's also worth highlighting who would not be impacted. anyone under 18. who would not be impacted. anyone under18. people who would not be impacted. anyone under 18. people who are in pain but not with a terminal diagnosis. or who are not mentally capable of deciding this. this result may be historic but it is not law yet and it may never get to that stage. the next step is a lot of scrutiny and dealing with unanswered questions, like how can doctors definitively say that someone only has six months left to live? how to protect vulnerable people who may feel pressurised into doing this? how much will it cost? and how will it be funded? i'd really, at the heart of this is one key question — how

can people have the best possible death? palliative care can help make people comfortable at the end of their lives. about 450,000 people across the uk mediate every year. they don't all get it, though. about 100,000 have to go without. some argue the government should be prioritising this. we argue the government should be prioritising this.— prioritising this. we would encourage _ prioritising this. we would encourage them _ prioritising this. we would encourage them to - prioritising this. we would encourage them to start l prioritising this. we would encourage them to start a i encourage them to start a conversation about putting this right, about making palliative care something that we can be really proud of. what concerns me is that now this bill is passed, there may be less impetus to do that and also we know there is a finite amount of money to be used for the nhs. but mps backing the bill think it is helping to focus attention on palliative care. {iii helping to focus attention on palliative care.— helping to focus attention on alliative care. _, , ., ,, , palliative care. of course, assisted d in: is palliative care. of course, assisted dying is not _ palliative care. of course, assisted dying is not a _ palliative care. of course, assisted dying is not a substitute _ palliative care. of course, assisted dying is not a substitute for - dying is not a substitute for palliative care. it is not an either/or. we have some of the best palliative care in the world in this country and when it came meet the needs of terminally ill people, it

is second to none. but surely, when it cannot, the choice of assisted death should be one component of a holistic approach to end—of—life care. holistic approach to end-of-life care. , ., , holistic approach to end-of-life care. ., , ., holistic approach to end-of-life care. ., ., care. this conversation is far from over. care. this conversation is far from over- even — care. this conversation is far from over- even if— care. this conversation is far from over. even if the _ care. this conversation is far from over. even if the bill— care. this conversation is far from over. even if the bill does - care. this conversation is far from i over. even if the bill does become more, it would take two or three years for an assisted death in england or wales. catherine burns, bbc news. we're joined now by our political correspondent, harry farley. good morning to you. the end of catherine's report, she alluded to what lies ahead and there is a long way to go before this does — or if it does become law. way to go before this does - or if it does become law.— way to go before this does - or if it does become law. that's exactly riuht. this it does become law. that's exactly right- this is _ it does become law. that's exactly right. this is just _ it does become law. that's exactly right. this is just the _ it does become law. that's exactly right. this is just the start - it does become law. that's exactly right. this is just the start of - it does become law. that's exactly right. this is just the start of a - right. this is just the start of a long parliamentary process that is rather than the end of the lawmaking process, as it were. this is the bill that a committee of mps will now be formed and they will go through it. you can see line by line the committee will be formed in the

next couple of weeks or so, they will meet for the first time in january and will begin to scrutinise this bill line by line, and can suggest changes and those amendments and the whole bill itself will then be debated again by the house of commons and then, with any changes possibly that are made, it will be sent to the house of lords where peers can make their own changes which is likely to have quite a bumpy passage, i think, particularly in the house of lords where piers have expressed concern about this kind of legislation in the past. and one area i'm picking up from mps that they may be concerned about is the provision in this bill as it currently stands for doctors to be able to suggest patients that assisted dying might be an option for them before the patient themselves has raised it, that's something in early conversations i have heard a number of mps, including those who voted for the bill, a possible point of concern that they may wish to change so an area to keep an eye on but as you say, this is the start of a long

process that will last several months with many more parliamentary stages before it could possibly become law and even then, as we heard from catherine, it will be two years after that that we could see the first assisted deaths here in england and wales.— the first assisted deaths here in england and wales. harry, for the moment, thanks _ england and wales. harry, for the moment, thanks very _ england and wales. harry, for the moment, thanks very much. - england and wales. harry, for the | moment, thanks very much. seven minutes past six. you will bring us up to date with the republic of ireland voting yesterday? where are we? you the republic of ireland voting yesterday? where are we? you get the exit olls yesterday? where are we? you get the exit polls which — yesterday? where are we? you get the exit polls which we _ yesterday? where are we? you get the exit polls which we have _ yesterday? where are we? you get the exit polls which we have taken - yesterday? where are we? you get the exit polls which we have taken a - exit polls which we have taken a look at and it is what is suggesting the republic of ireland's three largest political parties are locked in a tight race for power. vote counting will begin this morning. our reporter, catrina perry is in dublin. catrina, how much do we know at this point? a dark morning there but an interesting split so the exit polls say, but we are also but have always very careful about those! absolutely, they are just exit polls

but it is over 500,000 actual voters as they left the polling stations yesterday, so the accuracy in the past has been pretty good on the exit poll and they estimate the margin of error to be about 1.4%, so we will have a good idea and should have all of the 17c be about 1.4%, so it isa margin of error to be about 1.4%, so it isa margin of error to be about 1.4%, so it is a reasonably good indication margin of error to be about 1.4%, so it is a reasonably good indication of those 5000 voters, of course. the of those 5000 voters, of course. the rest of the electorate, 3.6 million rest of the electorate, 3.6 million now, estimations on turnout at the now, estimations on turnout at the close of the polls last night was close of the polls last night was actually more like 50 or 60%, so actually more like 50 or 60%, so quite a way down on the previous quite a way down on the previous general election here, which was general election here, which was less than five years ago, not less than five years ago, not counting will begin at 9am which is counting will begin at 9am which is when we will start to get the real when we will start to get the real picture. the system in ireland is picture. the system in ireland is very different to the system in the very different to the system in the uk. we ranked all of the candidates uk. we ranked all of the candidates in order of preference and some in order of preference and some constituency elect five seats so constituency elect five seats so counting does take quite a while and counting does take quite a while and is not a first past the post system. is not a first past the post system. we should however start to get the we should however start to get the first results early afternoon or first results early afternoon or thereabouts and by the end of today, thereabouts 1420 we will have a good idea and should

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