BASW
During scrutiny of the previous Bill, BASW engaged with parliamentarians to highlight the profession’s responsibilities in areas such as mental capacity, adult safeguarding, and the provision of support to individuals and families before and after a death, including grief and bereavement support. These efforts successfully secured important changes to strengthen the role of social work within the proposed legal framework, including the introduction of a multidisciplinary approach to assessing applications for an assisted death and extending legal protections for opting out of involvement in the process to social workers and other social care professionals.