tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post4649242786157179382..comments2023-11-09T02:43:59.293-08:00Comments on Christian Medical Comment: Liverpool care pathway – next steps now clearer with setting up of new leadership alliancePeter Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17222354018504253042noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-73656170549804949472013-10-12T18:26:19.082-07:002013-10-12T18:26:19.082-07:00Has this 'leadership alliance ' actually b...Has this 'leadership alliance ' actually been formed yet? No one can provide a definitive list of its members. Denise Charlesworth Smith (a patient representative on the Neuberger panel) asked Dr. Bee Wee recently what was going on, and appears to have been given the 'cold shoulder', with Bee Wee citing a desire to avoid media interest. <br />MeanwhileTony Bonser (the other patient representative on the Neuberger Panel ) has been appointed a Trustee of the National Council for Palliative Care, where he sits alongside Marie Curie's ex Press Officer. They being holders of the LCP copyright. <br />As to the 'improvements' recommended....if one examines NHS Sheffield's ''personalised' documentation ( http://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Your%20Health%20docs/eolcp_hospital.pdf ) we see that the 'personalisation' aspect merely includes an 'insert name here' section, and insisting the ' majority'' of the following should apply' (but don't necessarily have to):<br />• The patient is profoundly weak<br />• The patient is essentially bedbound<br />• The patient is drowsy for extended periods<br />• The patient is increasingly uninterested in food and fluid<br />• The patient finds it difficult to swallow medication'.<br /><br />Consent to treatment is not even mentioned, just 'the decision of the MDT'....and whilst now allowing 'sips of water' to be offered to patients, this is at the same time that parenteral diuretics are administered....:) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com