UK: people with learning disabilities labeled 'do not resuscitate'

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UK watchdogs say people with learning disabilities have been given inappropriate 'do not resuscitate' orders for COVID-19

In the UK, people with learning disabilities have been told that healthcare workers will not attempt to save their lives with CPR if they succumb to COVID-19, according to an advocacy group., a UK charity advocating for people with learning disabilities, said that in January it was still receiving reports of people being told that they would not be resuscitated if they fell ill from COVID-19.

"It's unacceptable that within a group of people hit so hard by the pandemic, and who even before COVID died on average over 20 years younger than the general population, many are left feeling scared and wondering why they have been left out," Mencap CEO Edel Harris told The Guardian.The Care Quality Commission is set to publish a report on its investigation into"inappropriate" DNARs in the coming weeks.

For now, it's unclear how many people have been given inappropriate DNARs since the pandemic began, or how many of these orders persist today. "Whilst we continue to receive reports about DNARs being misused, we want to reassure you there is no evidence of this still being a widespread practice," Mencap

after The Guardian published its story."But historical DNARs could remain on people's files that they still may not be aware of."from the UK Office for National Statistics found that, in 2020, people diagnosed with a learning disability were 3.7 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without a learning disability.

 

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