People with learning disabilities have been given do not resuscitate orders

["Misfit"]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-covid-19-patients-with-learning-difficulties

 

[rew]

Really. OMG, that's shocking

 

[knome]

I remember going through a "Respect" thingy for my late father.
Cynically, you could call it an arse-covering exercise.
Doesn't this apply to all in the UK?...

https://www.resus.org.uk/respect/respect-patients-and-carers

Perhaps The Guardian isn't giving us the full story. Bear in mind, because of Covid, there are also the risk factors for staff to take into account.

 

[Rickster]

Consultant told my mate who is in recovery from lung cancer, that if he caught it during the first wave he was a "do not resuscitate"
He's not got a learning disability, so there are others....scary times

 

[Mutley1]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-covid-19-patients-with-learning-difficulties
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fecking twats this subject really boils my piss one of my daughters has aspergers & has already had both her covid injections thankfully.

 

[HAZZA1962]

It doesn't surprise me in the slightest unfortunately !!!

 

[Jd_]

Thats sounds criminal, i suspect as well they r telling the truth, but not the whole truth tho

 

[zouzounaki]

there was a bit of a stooshie about this in scotland in the first wave, and this letter published by the principal medical officer.

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/conte...ty+Scale+-+05+05+20-KM.pdf?forceDownload=true

 

[Jd_]

there was a bit of a stooshie about this in scotland in the first wave, and this letter published by the principal medical officer.

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/correspondence/2020/05/coronavirus-covid-19-use-of-clinical-frailty-scale---letter-from-principal-medical-officer/documents/coronavirus-covid-19-use-of-clinical-frailty-scale---letter-from-principal-medical-officer/coronavirus-covid-19-use-of-clinical-frailty-scale---letter-from-principal-medical-officer/govscot:document/JM+Letter+to+CEs+MDs+-+Clinical+Frailty+Scale+-+05+05+20-KM.pdf?forceDownload=true

Maybe im being optimistic, but i have a hard time believing that any reputable doctor would follow that directive even if it had been the case.

 

[zouzounaki]

Maybe im being optimistic, but i have a hard time believing that any reputable doctor would follow that directive even if it had been the case.

well the problem was there were instances of this found to be happening when it shouldn’t have been. i think the reason the clinical guidance was updated was to clarify it. so it was never a directive, in scotland at least.