toby porter, thank you very much for speaking to us in behalf of those 200 hospices across the uk.the european union. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. say more protests are taking in place in georgia after the government suspended moves to join the european union. these are the latest pictures from the capital tbilisi they have been some incidents here within the shadow he been watching. let's speak to our correspondent rayhan demytrie in georgia. let's speak to irakli kiknavelidze, a journalist from tv formula, an opposition tv channel. he joins us from tbilisi. we can see a bit of tension between the protesters and the police. while the protesters on the street? they are not stopping those talks to join the european union, they are just delaying them until 2028. but there is such a strength of feeling. what you make of that? the real problem is that the regime in georgia has decided to launch a war against the european future. it is a russian star war against ngos stop. the european is demanding democratic reforms from georgia. that is crit

so, the ceo of hospice uk is concluding his statement by saying that mps have approved the bill is presentedal in principle and implementation in practice are very different things. let me just regulate how you just to remind you that a couple of mps, eight of what happens next, when very clear that because they have voted in some instances for this bill, it does not necessarily mean that the bill maintains their support from their own depending on how discussions go. let's go outside the houses of parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. parliament to my colleague. hello, i need t0- we — parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. we are _ parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. we are at _ parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. we are at the _ parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. we are at the road - parliament to my colleague. hello, i need to. we are at the road where i need to. we are at the road where those against the bill have been protesting. it has been very quiet and there are a lot of very emotional people around here who had these a few minutes ago a

it is one of three specialist hospices in the uk which supports children with chronic or life—limitingield was there as staff and families heard the news. tears of relief as zoe's place is saved. just last month, staff at the liverpool hospice were told it would have to close, but after a massive public effort, they can now continue supporting the babies and families who rely on their care. well, my legs are actually shaking and i'm going to be honest with you, i'm so happy because without you, so happy because without here, i don't know what we would have done. some of us can't travel too far to go to another hospice. and then this is like a second home to us anyway. so i'm so happy i can't even put it into words. i'm emotional. it's taken weeks of hard work to get to this point. the team here needing to raise £5 million in just 30 days to keep this hospice running. but with the help of everyone from local schoolchildren to celebrities and big businesses and even donations from around the world, they've done it. tonight i'm doing a gig for zoe's place. john bishop was one of the stars

hospices in the uk have faced financial pressure for months, with many warning of cuts to jobs and servicestional insurance contributions, announced in the budget. the health secretary wes streeting has managed to outline what support will be available by christmas. a reporter visited one hospice in staffordshire where the financial strain is already having an impact. to my wonderful wife, wendy. all my love. always loved you. always will. wendy and john gilbert from burntwood have been married for 56 years. wendy's terminal illness has affected her sight, but she's still determined to celebrate her 77th birthday in her final days at st giles hospice. brilliant. brilliant because they've given me a calming feeling. i know my time is very, very short — extremely short — and i've chosen it to be that way. but the staff here, without exception, has anybody, anybody at all moaned or claimed or said this isn't right? everybody's more or less done what was needed. and, for that, i can't thank these people enough. st giles has been established for a0 years, but increased costs and demands means th

has lots of— it, oracross the uk, it has lots of private companies that deliver— lots of private companies that deliver nhs services like, for example, care homes, hospices doctors _ and also gp surgeries, family doctors. there have been some concerns— doctors. there have been some concerns from those in the sector— concerns from those in the sector that this would put big pressure _ sector that this would put big pressure on the budget. there was confusion over whether or not gps — was confusion over whether or not gps would have to pay the extra — not gps would have to pay the extra money, but this morning the chief— extra money, but this morning the chief secretary to the treasury, one of the most senior— treasury, one of the most senior treasury ministers, has confirmed _ senior treasury ministers, has confirmed the bbc that they not be confirmed the bbc that they not he an— confirmed the bbc that they not be an exemption for gps, that larger gp surgeries would have to pay— larger gp surgeries would have to pay the additional money. the british medical association, which represents doctors. — association, which represents doctors, has said that it wo

uk is chronically underfunded. it is very much a postcode lottery. i want to pay tribute to all the hospitals hospicesabout very powerful stories, we legislate for all and that means making sure our legislation is steve and future proofed. things like presumed consent, i do have some concerns with the bill. when the door is openedin with the bill. when the door is opened in this bill my worry is it will be widened, as it has been in other places like the netherlands, belgium, canada. these things will happen. over 65 private members bill were passed in the last parliament. no bill had more than one session in committee. the average length of debate committee was 35 minutes, just over a quarter had many amendments made in it at all. i know the honourable memberfor spring the honourable member for spring valley the honourable memberfor spring valley has said she is willing to extend it, and i welcome that and i will be pressing her on that to make sure it is safe. if the vote is going to be carried forward, scrutiny is crucial at all points of the bill coming forward. i note that others have talked abou

uk. it's not 'ust hospices. care homes also — the uk. it's notjust hospices. notjust hospices. care homes also face a _ the uk. it's notjust hospices. care homes also face a similar- the uk. it's notjust hospices. care| homes also face a similar dilemma. the budget so an extra £600 million allocated to social care, but there are concerns that could be wiped out by increased staff costs. i are concerns that could be wiped out by increased staff costs.— by increased staff costs. i think it is hu:el by increased staff costs. i think it is hugely disappointing, - by increased staff costs. i think it| is hugely disappointing, especially when _ is hugely disappointing, especially when we _ is hugely disappointing, especially when we are consistently told that social_ when we are consistently told that social care — when we are consistently told that social care is a priority, and what we do _ social care is a priority, and what we do know— social care is a priority, and what we do know is the nhs will get an exemption from it. we're also delivering _ exemption from

improving our palliative care system and in evidence to health and social select committee inquiry, hospice ukaid it would be totally inappropriate for us to suggest or even imply that hospice and palliative care services can somehow address pain in all circumstances. imagine a situation where you have cancer but they abide a it is breaking every individual vertebrae in your body one by one. there is nothing that can take away the pain and that is the situation in which my mother lost her life. her last words were, i cannot go on like this. thankfully for her, there were only eight fewer days of pain. for others, there are months, and before they get to that six months they will have suffered for years from excruciating agony that palliative care cannot resolve, but we must improve it. arguments this is the beginning of a slippery slope is the beginning of a slippery slope is not reflected in the majority of legislators such as australia and multiple states in the usa, where they had not been expanded. health and select committee told us where terminal illness the basis, the law has not change

i connect with people from the bma, the archbishop of canterbury, disability rights activists, hospice uk of lawyers, lots ofjudges, lots of doctors, lots of people to make sure we get this bill right because that really matters. this is notjust about changing the law, it's about having a good law and that is at the heart of the bill. but what is also at the heart of the bill is the change we need to see given the current situation, the current status quo around end—of—life for terminally ill people we know that the current situation isn't fit for practice. we've got people who in their dying days feel they have no other option than to either in their own lives, travelled to a different country but only if they can afford it, which is very expensive, and often doing so prematurely before they are actually so ill that they are dying, because they have to be well enough to travel. we've also got people who no matter how good the palliative care they receive is, and we've got some of the best palliative care in the world in this country, that doesn't mean there aren't challenges but for some

like me, we are too few in numberso like me, we are too few in number so that our hospitals, hospices across the ukd hospices that cannot recruit new doctors are palliative care nurses, they just don't exist, and my local hospice, for example, as beds closed at the moment, beautiful palliative care beds, mothballed, going to waste because they haven't got the funds to hire more nurses and evenif funds to hire more nurses and even if they did have the funds, they cannot find more nurses. so already the underfunding crisis and understaffing crisis in palliative care is failing patients now. if some of those staff are ta ken patients now. if some of those staff are taken away to patients now. if some of those staff are ta ken away to staff our new assisted dying service, then we will actually be failing palliative care patients even more —— if they are taken away to a new assisted dying service. that's my anxiety, these are the patients i see every day and i know what a staggering difference a little bit of care and attention can make. it's not expensive, it's not high—tech, it's listening and caring