This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition To stop the unlawful health and disability discrimination against disabled
To stop the unlawful health and disability discrimination blanket ban against do not resuscitate on all learning disabilities breaches during covid
I do not consent
This breaches our human rights and disability rights .
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We have our own right to have a decision in whether we give consent for do not resuscitate and by you saying your putting a do not rescitate against people with disability’s when catch covid is breaching our human and disability rights act as for myself I do not consent to have a do not consent on my record having a learning disability.
Put a stop to putting on the records without our say
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The NHS has written to all trusts and accountable officers stating that ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (DNACPR) orders should only ever be made on an individual basis and in consultation with the individual or their family, and that the key principle is that each person is an individual whose needs and preferences must be taken account of individually: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/maintaining-standards-quality-of-care-pressurised-circumstances-7-april-2020.pdf
You can find details of an interim report of the Care Quality Commission into the application of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/releases/cqc-finds-combination-increasing-pressures-rapidly-developing-guidance-may-have
You can read an interim report of the Care Quality Commission into the application of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/releases/cqc-finds-combination-increasing-pressures-rapidly-developing-guidance-may-have
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Hold a public inquiry into the use of DNACPR orders during the Covid-19 outbreak: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562740
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