Furious Esther Rantzen says Wes Streeting is forcing her to 'fly to Dignitas to die alone' after Health Secretary said he would vote against legalising assisted dying

Furious Dame Esther Rantzen has accused Wes Streeting of forcing her to 'fly to Dignitas to die alone' after he revealed he would vote against legalising assisted dying. In a scathing letter to the Health Secretary Dame Esther Rantzen accused Wes Streeting of forcing her to 'fly to Dignitas to die alone' after he revealed he would not support a bill to legalise assisted dying Although he previously voted in favor of a bill to let terminally ill people request medical assistance to die Wes Streeting said he had changed his mind because he was worried that palliative care is not good enough in this country, and this could lead to people ending their lives prematurely Mr Streeting voted in favour of a 2015 Bill that aimed to allow terminally ill people who are nearing death to request medical assistance to die. Writing in the letter - shown to the Express today - Dame Esther (pictured here at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2022 - said the MP for Ilford North should know that even the best palliative care cannot always prevent suffering 'There are moments thinking back to that time through my 10-year-old eyes even then I would have wished for the pain to end sooner. Ms Wootton also highlighted that polling consistently find that roughly three quarters of the British public would support the legalisation of assisted dying for terminally ill people.