Noel Conway’s case illustrates the difference between living and surviving | Letters

Noel Conway (pictured with members of his family), who has motor neurone disease, failed in his legal challenge against the law on assisted dying.Noel Conway’s plight is desperately moving, and he argues his case with great lucidity (Terminally ill man loses high court fight for help to end life, 6 October).By contrast we hear from Not Dead Yet UK that what is needed is “a proper discussion on ensuring proper palliative care is provided for the terminally ill”.