Posted on 11/14/2025 1:44:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
Julie Benson has had to "fight" to have a DNR order removed from her sister, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy but enjoys a "good life".
Families have slammed the NHS for putting "do not resuscitate" orders on disabled patients without their consent. An investigation by ITV News found that multiple UK hospitals have put blanket 'Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation' (DNR) orders on at least 12 patients with learning disabilities after being ordered to stop the practice five years ago. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the blanket imposition of DNRs on disabled people had caused potentially avoidable deaths in a report published in 2020.
NHS guidelines require medical officials to carry out assessments on an case-by-case basis before issuing a DNR and consult either the person involved or their family members. But Julie Benson, whose sister Caroline has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is non-verbal, said she has been told 15 to 20 times that a DNR was added to her sister's form and has had to "fight" on multiple occasions to have it removed.
Fury as NHS doctors ‘give disabled patients do not resuscitate orders without consent’
Julie Benson has had to "fight" to have a DNR order removed from her sister, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy but enjoys a "good life".
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"I get a phone call [saying] Caroline is in hospital from the care home, to be greeted by: 'We are not going to be able to resuscitate her'," Julie told ITV.
"Every time she goes into hospital, Caroline will have a 'do not resuscitate' in place. That is not my wish. They want me to agree to it. I very rarely do."
"This is all before anyone has even explained to me what is wrong with Caroline," she added. "So they don't say to me, 'This is a life-threatening situation'. It's not. It's a chest infection. They wouldn't do that to me or you.
"I honestly don't think they think she is worth that effort, that she can't have a good quality of life. Caroline has a good life. We go to the park, we go to the beach. Every year, Caroline and I go to Tenerife for two weeks."
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was "apalled" to hear that hospitals were continuing to apply DNRs on disabled patients without consent.
"One of the things I'll be doing off the back of [these] findings is talking to NHS leaders about how we make sure there is individual accountability and consequences," he said.
"People that are learning disabled have the same rights, the same choices, the same dignity as everyone else. And their lives are of equal value and worth, and I find it honestly utterly repulsive that someone who has a learning disability are written off in this way and certainly without consultation with that person or indeed the people who love and care for them."
A spokesperson for the NHS said: “The NHS is clear that any blanket application of do-not-resuscitate orders are totally unacceptable – and access to treatment and care for people should always be made on an individual basis and in consultation with family and carers.”
Ping
“Useless Eaters”
We’ve been here before.
Will they be tracking down which doctors are doing this?
And give them a bonus?
“This is all before anyone has even explained to me what is wrong with Caroline,” she added. “So they don’t say to me, ‘This is a life-threatening situation’. It’s not. It’s a chest infection. They wouldn’t do that to me or you.”
I wouldn’t bank on them not doing to you or me, Caroline.
I think those doctors applying death orders ought to see the Grim Reaper, themselves, right quick.
The Left laughed when Sarah Palin mentioned Death Panels.
That situation is the inevitable result of nationalizing health care. What is saddest to me is how Brits, Canadians & Aussies will vehntly defend their ststem while those systems become more & more dysfunctional. National pride is no substitute for adequate care and a robust health care system.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/australians-waiting-years-to-see-specialists/105991158
If they don’t kill you with denied treatment they kill you with delayed treatment or even just their normal treatment. I’m sorry to hear about your heart attack. The next time slot for a defibrillator is in two weeks.
From 2008...
She didn’t, BTW.
Is the doctor’s name Mohamed?
These doctors have addresses.
I’m just saying.
L
Not if he truly follows the teachings of Islam. “Active Euthanasia, suicide, and assisted suicide, are unlawful in Islamic Law, even if the person is suffering.”
I don’t doubt that those NHS doctors are being given a quiet word in their ears by the bean counters.
The British have been killing millions over the years.
Google: liverpool care pathway scandal, dailymail
Many articles. The NHS changed the name but the killing still goes on.
The hospitals here in the USA were paid to deny care for people who had the covid flu.
Money talks with some!
Hospitals bribed to put patients on pathway to death
Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223286/Hospitals-bribed-patients-pathway-death-Cash-incentive-NHS-trusts-meet-targets-Liverpool-Care-Pathway.html
Oct 25, 2012 — Hospitals are paid millions to hit targets for the number of patients who die on the Liverpool Care Pathway, the Mail can reveal.
They have been murdering 120,000 people a year. You are put on a death list unknown to you. This due to your age and medical history.
If you call for help they will not show up, if someone else calls and you are picked up then you could wait in the ambulance at the hospital or on a gurney in the hall. If you have relatives come with you and are put in a room, what the staff will not tell them is the patient will not get any medical care or water.
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How long does it take to die once you are in the liverpool care pathway
It usually involves the withdrawal of nutrition and fluids and increases the amount of sedative and pain relief administered to the patient. If the Care Pathway is initiated and progressed appropriately death usually occurs within 29 hours
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