The official assessment suggests that implementing a service where up to 12 individuals could die daily may result in a life span reduction of about 10 years after its launch.
According to government forecasts, the number of such services in England and Wales could rise significantly, projected to be between 164-787 and 1,042-4,559 in the initial year.
The central prediction is that around 2,183 individuals might utilize the service by the tenth year.
The panel responsible for approving the procedure incurs daily costs of roughly £2,000, totaling anywhere from £900,000 to £3.6 million over a decade. Documents from Whitehall estimate that the combined expenditures for running the panel and hiring specialized commissioners will fall between £10.9 million and £13.6 million.
Nonetheless, projected savings for the NHS from hastening deaths in terminal patients are anticipated to vary from about £919,000 in the first year to £10.3 million by the 10th day, ultimately reaching £59.6 million.
This document, crafted by the Ministry of Health and Social Care, assessed potential savings as part of a broader impact analysis.
It was commissioned as part of a parliamentary bill championed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, which is set for another vote on May 16th.
The government remains neutral on the legal front, having cleared its initial hurdle in the Commons last November.
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