Medical professionals insist “greater clarity” is needed about Bills at both Westminster and Holyrood that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow spoke out after surveying members across the UK on the practicalities of implementing assisted dying, should the legislation be passed.

While the medical body adopts a neutral stance towards assisted dying, of the 635 medical professionals surveyed, almost half (49%) said they were either opposed to this, or were leaning towards opposing the change – with two fifths (41%) saying they support it, or were leaning towards supporting it.

However three fifths of those surveyed (59%) said that assessing if a patient was voluntarily requesting help to die, and was not being coe

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