No wonder Kim Leadbeater didn't want to hear from a representative of the Royal College of Psychiatrists!
Dr Annabel Price, representing the Royal College, exposes the reality of depression being "common" near the end of life. However, if depression is treated, there is often "a significant change" in a wish to hasten death, she explains.
Whether Leadbeater recognises it or not, she is actively facilitating suicide for people with depression instead of treating their depression.
@DrFrancesRyan To deny Rosie dignity, caring, her daughter and cat is a disgrace. She should not have to spend precious time fighting and worrying. Heartbreaking 💔
This column has been the second most read on the whole Guardian site today and it’s all credit to Rosy who literally used her last voice to speak out about this country’s care crisis.
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Based on this judgement it’s very clear that @NorfolkCC ‘s consultation prior to lowering working age MIG for working age disabled people is also illegal. Reasons of invalidity of consultation & its results given at the time. @SteveMorphew@LDBrianWatkins@labourlewis
@DrFrancesRyan With so much bias, ableist attitudes and lack of value held for the lives of sick, poor and disabled people - I wouldn’t trust ‘organisations’ with my house plants.
Many people put on end of life pathways are not terminally ill, so palliative care is not an issue. The issue is that there is rampant age discrimination. Anyone aged 65 or over is judged less valuable at best. We see this issue everyday, if you withdraw food and fluid, people die of thirst.
Sutton Council are proposing to raise care charges significantly
It will affect the most severely disabled, the frail elderly, those with Alzheimer’s
We need to stop LAs targeting the most vulnerable.
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