Some doctors and nurses are still using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for dying patients, an expert has claimed, despite an NHS decision to scrap the controversial care plan.
A major review recommended last year that the LCP should be phased out, following widespread criticism from the media and some patients.
The care plan, which gives doctors and nurses guidance on the management of terminally ill patients, was dubbed a "death pathway" amid allegations that patients were being placed on it without their families being told.
The Neuberger review said it should be abolished after finding many examples of poor implementation of the LCP’s guidance.
However, Dr Anthony Wrigley, a senior lecturer and specialist in medical ethics and palliative care at Keele University, said he was aware "certain institutions have gone back to relying on it"...
In June a group of leading nursing and end-of-life care organisations – the Leadership Alliance for Care of the Dying – proposed new guidelines, which placed greater emphasis on individual care plans.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/controversial-care-plan-still-in-use-despite-nhs-decision-to-scrap-it-expert-claims-9768095.html
While the NHS is being dismantled and run down this type of abuse will continue.
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