Claim: There's a do not resuscitate across the UK on the elderly, on the disabled.
Fact-check: Viral video includes lots of false claims and half truths - Full Fact
Verdict: guidance from regulatory bodies explicitly says that do not resuscitate orders should not use a 'blanket approach'. the preliminary report from a care quality commission investigation into the use of dnacprs during the covid-19 pandemic found examples of unacceptable and inappropriate dnacprs being made at the start of the pandemic, but stated that there was no evidence to suggest it continued as a widespread problem.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton;Daniella De Block Golding
Date published: 2021-05-10T00:00:00