How dare the NHS throw us on the scrap heap! Four pensioners who live life to the full were still given ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders. But now they are fighting back – Daily Mail

• Pensioners were given the ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ notices against their wishes
• Now NHS England plans to give everyone aged over 65 a ‘national frailty score’ 
• The new programme involves a ‘geriatric assessment’, sometimes by phone

These four pensioners are bravely fighting back against a draconian NHS policy that sees over-65s assessed for frailty and handed notices saying they will be denied resuscitation if they suffer a heart attack or stop breathing.

…All too often it seems these orders have been handed out secretly by NHS staff without the patient’s consent or even their knowledge.

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