Campaigners urge urgent action on palliative care crisis and non-consensual DNARs

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A new coalition of Disabled Peoples Organisations and campaigners is calling on the government to take urgent action to address what it describes as a “deepening crisis” in palliative and end-of-life care — and to end the use of non-consensual Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders. The Care in Crisis Coalition, a new alliance of groups and activists, has warned that underfunding and systemic …