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1:27pm
July 14, 2013
➸ Liverpool care pathway for dying patients to be scrapped after review
From what I’ve seen, it’s well past time. Some of the things I’ve read about how this can work out on the ground are so awful I am not even going to hunt any down again to link.
The Liverpool care pathway (LCP) for dying patients is to be scrapped, ministers are expected to announce next week after an independent review.
The regime was originally developed to allow terminally ill patients a peaceful and dignified death. But it came under intense criticism amid claims that it was being used to hasten deaths, clear beds and save money.
An independent review of the system, published next week, is expected to recommend that the pathway is phased out. The review, led by Baroness Julia Neuberger, is also expected to say that incentive payments for staff who put patients on end-of-life treatment plans should be banned, describing them as “totally unacceptable"
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I will also add that some of the deaths at Mid Staffs and other hospitals sounded a lot like some nursing staff just decided on their own to implement a version this plan without any consent. Though I haven’t seen anybody wanting to discuss it in those terms.
Why am I not even remotely surprised by any of this?
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Yeah it usually means “die before you become too disabled”. Frequently it’s just a code word for incontinence too. The...
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