Esther Rantzen’s life-preserving cancer drugs no longer working, says daughter

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 has deteriorated to the extent that she is no longer well enough to travel to a Swiss clinic, meaning that Dignitas is out of the window" for the 84-year-old, she said.