At the beginning of the pandemic, medics were warned that learning disabilities “should never be a reason for issuing a DNACPR order “ and therefore if the decisions had been put in place it would have been a breach of their guidance.
“It is a disgusting question”, said Mrs Woollard, who attended a 'health check' with her son.
“The health assistant was following a form and she was very polite about it, but the question should not have appeared. It was very upsetting”.
Debbie Corns attended an annual ‘health check’ for her son Oliver, who was 15 at the time, at their local GP surgery in March this year.
Oliver was diagnosed with a learning disability and congenital classic autism when he was two years old.
Mrs Corns recalls Oliver being asked if he would like a DNACPR. Oliver said "yes”, but she felt he wasn't able to understand and corrected his answer, ensuring documentation reflected this.
“I collapsed crying when I got home. I'm a strong person, but I was devastated”
A few days after the appointment, Mrs Corns and her husband sat down with Oliver and asked him, “If your heart stopped, would you like the doctors to try to save your life or would you like to die?’
Before leaving for school, he looked at his father and said “Dad, save my life”
Both mothers complained to their child’s GP surgery following the incidents and say they are aware of other cases, including one where the GP said a family with religious beliefs had agreed.
Researchers say that the older boy Edward may not have been murdered, but instead secretly allowed to live on his half-brother’s land under a false name.
📜They followed a trail of medieval documents to rural Devon, where royal Yorkist symbols are carved in the local church
👑Inside, an effigy of a mysterious man named ‘John Evans’ gazes directly at a stained glass window revealed to depict Edward V, the missing prince himself.
The research suggests that Edward V and John Evans were one and the same, and that he may have even left clues
🔴NEW: People testing positive for Covid - and their families - are still being told in NHS messages to self-isolate for 10 days, in apparent contravention of new guidance issued by ministers
⚠️People are still being warned that they must quarantine for the full period - even though the Government has said this can be cut to a week or less for most people, providing they self-test
On Tuesday, Conservative MPs and representatives of the hospitality industry reacted furiously to the approach adopted by officials.
🗣️One MP accused it of trying "to undermine ministers" with the guidance
Dr Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, was accused of being the source of a contested claim by Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, that there is typically a 17-day lag between patients becoming infected and requiring hospitalisation
➡️However, independent experts pointed to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, which suggested an average delay of nine or 10 days
"The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa," President Cyril Ramaphosa said
The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu was the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, and before that Bishop of Johannesburg – the first black African to hold both posts