Thread by @davieclegg, Extraordinary joint statement revealing instances of older people being pressurised into signing [...]

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Extraordinary joint statement revealing instances of older people being pressurised into signing DNR forms - reported in the Courier last week - are cropping up across the country.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/scotland/latest-news/2020/april/older-people-being-pressurised-into-signing-do-not-attempt-crp-forms---joint-statement/

Here's the Courier story from Friday. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/1235908/coronavirus-family-anger-after-dundee-doctor-asks-86-year-old-to-accept-do-not-resuscitate-request/

Coronavirus: Family anger after Dundee doctor asks 86-year-old to accept 'do not resuscitate'...

A Tayside family has hit out after an 86-year agreed to her GP surgery's "do not resuscitate" request despite suffering memory problems.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/1235908/coronavirus-family-anger-after-dundee-doctor-asks-86-year-old-to-accept-do-not-resuscitate-request/

And here's how Nicola Sturgeon responded to the revelations. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/1242457/coronavirus-nobody-should-be-pushed-into-signing-do-not-resuscitate-forms-says-nicola-sturgeon/

Coronavirus: Nobody should be pushed into signing 'do not resuscitate' forms, says Nicola Sturgeon...

Nicola Sturgeon says nobody in Scotland should be forced into making decisions on "do not resuscitate" forms as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/1242457/coronavirus-nobody-should-be-pushed-into-signing-do-not-resuscitate-forms-says-nicola-sturgeon/

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