NHS DNR

Fuzzy200
Fuzzy200 Community Member Posts: 53 Empowering
in Everyday life

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere.

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-11-14/do-not-resuscitate-orders-given-to-learning-disabled-people-without-consent

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  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    That is terrible

  • GalDriver
    GalDriver Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering

    😡

  • amazingblazing628
    amazingblazing628 Community Member Posts: 112 Contributor

    Hi there,

    The hospitals do not have a Right to do this to disabled Patients it has to be the Patients or Carers Desion not the hospitals as far as i am aware they do not have the right to make that discision without the Patients Knowledge.

    Amazingblazing628.

  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    I heard rumours about this during Covid but if it is still continuing that is awful. People need to have their wishes in writing and to have a friend or advocate if they need to go to hospital with a serious illness. Unfortunately not everyone has that.

    Where did you hear about this please fuzzy200?

  • babs2629
    babs2629 Community Member Posts: 4 Connected

    When my brother in law, who had Alheimers, was admitted to hospital some months ago , my sister was TOLD they would put a DNR on his notes. There was a very unpleasant exchange of words with the doctor as my bro in law didn't even have a serious illness at the time.

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community Member Posts: 695 Pioneering

    This isn't the first time I've heard of this.

    how absolutely twisted.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,351 Online Community Team

    This is awful 😔

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