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Nursing Institute report prompts DNR inquiry call

Care Not Killing calls for inquiry into scandal of DNR notices being “pushed” on care home residents at height of COVID-19 pandemic

CNK condemns Dutch elderly euthanasia bill

Care Not Killing has strongly condemned a Dutch End of Life Bill that would extend euthanasia to anyone over the age of 75, even if they have no illness or disability.

‘It is good to be told: “do it, just do it.”’

Reaction to the first public comments of a Dutch doctor cleared of murder after sedating, restraining and administering euthanasia to a patient with dementia.

Justice Secretary confirms: no Government review

Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland renews commitment given to Care Not Killing, reiterating that the law on assisted suicide is a matter for Parliament, not Government policy or the courts.

Activists push ‘all-or-nothing’ advance decisions

Assisted suicide advocates who’ve said their approach would ‘save money in the long-term’ are promoting ‘all-or-nothing’ advance decisions in the context of coronavirus, with little encouragement ‘to consider the likely benefits and burdens of different treatments.’

Pushback against ‘shocking’ blanket DNACPRs

Senior healthcare professionals and rights campaigners denounce inappropriate and even ‘discriminatory’ misapplications of an ordinarily valuable clinical tool, as the country grapples with Covid-19.

Denying conscience – the Canadian experiment

Recent reports from Canada reveal a worrying trend of doctors being pressurised and bullied into participating in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD, the Canadian euthanasia programme).

‘RCP clarifies that it does not support a change in the law’

CNK welcomes an ‘extensive and unusually frank statement from the UK’s oldest medical organisation’ which ‘rightly puts a sword to the lie that the RCP supports a change in the law – it does not.’

RCGP consultation: drilling down

Further details of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ consultation of members in 2019 show that those whose votes kept the College opposed did so because of the risk to vulnerable patients.

Oregon 2019: ‘burden’ fears hit new high

The American state’s assisted suicide law, which demands prognoses of six months or less, sees patients live for more than four years between request and death, with ‘terminal diseases’ including ‘complications from a fall’

Response to report on assisted suicide, NHS savings and organ donation report

Report claiming assisted suicide can save the NHS money and increase organ donation, must be rejected

RCGP reaffirms assisted suicide opposition

Care Not Killing welcomes the RCGP Council’s decision, following ‘the largest consultation on an issue of public policy that the College has conducted.’

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