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.
The States of Jersey have today (Monday 8th October 2018) implemented the first mental capacity legislation of its kind on the island.
Compassion in Dying has today been awarded two prizes at the BMA’s Patient Information Awards in London.
Postcode lottery revealed in Ambulance Trusts’ approach to advance care plans.
The Supreme Court has today (Monday 30 July 2018) confirmed that judicial approval is not needed when withdrawing life-prolonging treatments from individuals with a prolonged disorder of consciousness (such as minimally-conscious or persistent vegetative state). Judging on the Mr Y case, which involves a man in a vegetative state following severe brain injury caused by
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
We were saddened to read the story of Mrs Lillian Treacher, who had been living with cancer for several years when she was admitted to hospital in April 2014 and sadly died there a week later.
We were shocked to read a letter printed in The Daily Telegraph on the 11th of January 2018, in which Louise Broughton details the experience of her mother who is currently in a nursing home with vascular dementia.
Compassion in Dying has responded to today’s news that the family of Mrs Brenda Grant of Nuneaton, Warwickshire has received a £45,000 payout from The George Eliot Hospital after she received life-prolonging treatment against her will for 22 months.
