The Guardian view on disability and Covid: shine a light | Editorial
Families are worried that people with learning disabilities have not been prioritised. Who can blame them?A review by the Care Quality Commission of the allocation of do not resuscitate orders to some care home residents without consultation, during the first wave of the pandemic, is expected shortly. But already, new concerns have been raised that the same practices may be recurring. Normally, these orders should only be made when people are too frail to benefit. But the charity Mencap says tha
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