The national charity Compassion in Dying and the daughter of a man kept alive against his wishes are appealing to people to record their own wishes for the end of life, following a decision handed down on Friday 3 September 2021 by the Court of Protection to withdraw life-prolonging treatment from a woman left paralysed
In connecting CMC to the NRL Coordinate My Care have linked 72,000 Londoners with existing CMC urgent care plans to all the urgent care services that have linked to the NRL, across England.
Lambeth residents are being urged to talk about death, dying and bereavement this Dying Matters Week (10-16 May 2021) with an exciting programme of free, virtual events on offer from the Lambeth Advance Care Planning Consortium. The annual awareness week kicks off this year with a Zoom Death Café on Monday 10th May, a chance
New research released today as the Care Quality Commission publishes its review into use of DNRs during pandemic.
We’re joining calls for an inquiry into the use of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders during the coronavirus pandemic and urge NHS England and Improvement to publish promised national guidance on DNRs as soon as possible.
As health, care, community and voluntary sector professionals with a particular specialism or interest in end-of-life care, death and dying is part of our daily lives. But in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has now become everyone’s business.
Gransnet is the busiest social networking site for the over 50s.
The guidance advises doctors when they’re making decisions about providing or not providing life-sustaining nutrition and hydration via feeding tubes for adults who have lost the ability to decide for themselves.
New figures released by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) revealed there were 1,729 investigations into misuse last year. Davina Hehir, Director of Policy at Compassion in Dying, a national charity that helps people prepare for the end of life, said: “An LPA for Health and Welfare is an important tool to enable someone’s
Lasting Power of Attorney refund scheme announced
