New national guidance for patients on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation orders, plus information for NHS staff, to be published after Kate Masters and Compassion in Dying raise grave concerns over poor and unlawful practice during pandemic.
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.
As reported in the national media today, a Coroner has written to five organisations about the failings in the care Mrs Jean Robson received at the end of her life, in the hope that lessons can be learned to prevent the same issues occurring in the future.
