British doctors illegally helped 3,000 patients to die, research reveals

NEARLY 3,000 patients were illegally helped to die by doctors in Britain last year, new research has suggested.

The independent academic report also revealed that an estimated one-third of people who died in the year - 192,000 patients - had their deaths accelerated by doctors using pain relief, the so-called ‘double effect’.

The study by Professor Clive Seale of Brunel University showed just under half of 1% of deaths were assisted by doctors last year, or 2,865 cases.