Health officials propose new approach to treatment of the dying using teams of experts and closely involving families after failings of Liverpool Care Pathway Judgments on when patients are reaching the conclude of their lives should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one doctor,according to new guidance from health officials.
The draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) follow the abolition of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway – a regime that recommended the withdrawal of treatment, food and water from some sedated patients in their final hours or days – which was phased out final year after a government-commissioned review found serious failings in how it was being implemented.
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Source: theguardian.com