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The demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway is a ?tragedy? and is equivalent to banning the Highway Code because of bad drivers, a consultant in palliative care has warned.
Claud Regnard, a consultant at St Oswald?s Hospice in Newcastle, said the guidelines had been made ?scapegoat? for sloppy care given to physicians.
And he said the failure to implement an alternative would leave bad doctors able to: ?continue their poor practice without fear of being discovered for years.?
The LCP was designed to provide dignity for those dying with terminal illnesses.
But ministers announced this summer that the LCP would be phased out after an independent review uncovered evidence of abuse, including patients being unnecessarily sedated and denied food and water.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...thway-ban-was-scapegoat-warns-consultant.html
Claud Regnard, a consultant at St Oswald?s Hospice in Newcastle, said the guidelines had been made ?scapegoat? for sloppy care given to physicians.
And he said the failure to implement an alternative would leave bad doctors able to: ?continue their poor practice without fear of being discovered for years.?
The LCP was designed to provide dignity for those dying with terminal illnesses.
But ministers announced this summer that the LCP would be phased out after an independent review uncovered evidence of abuse, including patients being unnecessarily sedated and denied food and water.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...thway-ban-was-scapegoat-warns-consultant.html