Blanket ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Possibly Used Amid Pandemic: Care Watchdog

Blanket ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Possibly Used Amid Pandemic: Care Watchdog
Medical staff wearing full PPE (personal protective equipment) treat a patient with the CCP virus on an Intensive Care Unit at Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, southwest England, on May 22, 2020. Steve Parsons/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Patients in England may have been subject to blanket decisions not to resuscitate them during the first wave of the CCP virus pandemic, the country’s care watchdog has revealed.
The group orders not to resuscitate could have been used due to high pressure on health and care services at the start of the virus crisis, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said in an interim report (pdf) released on Thursday.