20% of People Given Only 6 Months to Live End Up Living Three Years or Longer

Lives could be ”tragically cut short” if assisted suicide becomes law, palliative care specialists have warned, after Government figures revealed patients who are given six months to live frequently survive for a further three years.According to data obtained by The Telegraph through a freedom of information request, a fifth of people claiming benefits who were thought to have six months left to live were still alive three years later.Patients who are thought to have twelve months or less to liv