Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to Dignitas

The life-preserving cancer drugs that Dame Esther Rantzen was placed on last year are no longer working, her daughter has said.

The health of the terminally ill Childline founder and journalist had deteriorated to the extent that she was no longer well enough to travel to a Swiss clinic, meaning that Dignitas was “out of the window” for the 84-year-old, Rebecca Wilcox said.