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Care homes told to impose blanket 'do not resuscitate' orders at height of Covid

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Some care homes were told to introduce blanket “do not resuscitate” orders for patients at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.

The Queen’s Nursing Institute found that one in 10 care home staff expressed alarm about being asked to impose DNR plans for all residents - which say a patient should not be revived with a defibrillator or CPR.

And some staff reported that the decision was taken without discussion with families, nurses or residents. Professor Alison Leary, one of the report’s authors, said the findings were “really worrying” and called for an inquiry.

Labour said the use of blanket orders was “scandalous” and the National Pensioners’ Convention’s Jan Shortt said the survey proved “our oldest and most

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