6.4.20 Advice regarding DNACPR

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In May 2019 the National Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis, wrote with regard to Learning disability, death certification and DNACPR orders, emphasising that:
“The terms “learning disability” and “Down’s syndrome” should never be a reason for issuing a DNACPR order or be used to describe the underlying, or only, cause of death … Learning disabilities are not fatal conditions.”

Please read this letter from NHSE/I

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