In a letter dated 20/5/19, the charity stated: “As a hospital and a medical charity, we follow the current state of the law and so not subscribe to any attempts to change it. We therefore do not have a statement on assisted dying.
“Secondly, our research does not involve the use of human embryos, and we do not provide financial support to organisations or campaigns that do.
“We do respect the rights of individuals with capacity to have their ventilation stopped, and we do have a process for determining whether patients in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) should have their Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration (CANH) stopped.”