Protect, respect, connect – decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19 Our review of ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ decisions during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were concerns that ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (DNACPR) decisions were being made without involving people, or their families and/or carers if so wished, and were being applied to groups of people, rather than taking into account each person’s individual circumstances. Care Quality Commission
See also:
- Improved oversight and reform needed as pressures of pandemic shine light on inconsistent and concerning approaches to DNACPR decisions Care Quality Commission
- Covid-19: Concern over 'do not resuscitate' decisions during pandemic BBC News
- Covid-19: Sister 'written off' by do-not-resuscitate order BBC News
- Care home residents put on 'do not resuscitate' orders without consent The Daily Telegraph
- Blanket 'do not resuscitate' orders imposed on English care homes, finds CQC The Guardian
- Hundreds of patients including care home residents subjected to unlawful ‘do not resuscitate’ orders, CQC confirms The Independent
- Human rights of more than 500 people may have been breached in COVID-related 'do not resuscitate' decisions, shock report claims Sky News
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