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Liverpool Care Pathway - Closer To The Brink Than You Think We are at the very brink. The time for tough talking is here. The State has decreed that the elderly are a financial burden we can no longer afford.

It's time for tough talking and plain speaking.

The elderly are singled out for mention...

The frail, the fragile, the weak, the vulnerable, those limited in capacity of mind or limb: all are now at risk. These are a luxury the State can no longer afford.

They can no longer afford you; you are a burden too much to bear...

Can that be?

The pressure is on.

The alarm bells have been ringing for a long time -

Are we killing our elderly?

Last week the Patients Association published personal accounts from hundreds of relatives of patients, most of whom died, following their care in NHS hospitals. It said one million NHS patients had been the victim of “neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes cruel” treatment over the past six years.
- The Telegraph [Alastair Jamieson]

The Hell Hole is opening up before us.

Patient groups are concerned that many cancer treatments are being rationed by the NHS because they are deemed too expensive.

While the NHS budget for Scotland rose slightly this year, the increasing cost of energy, food and drugs has meant health boards are having to make efficiency savings just to stand still. In many cases this has included recruitment freezes and a reduction in the NHS workforce of more than 3,000 in the past year.

Keighley said the Scottish Government was facing a "budgetary cliff edge" amid concerns about the negative effect of cuts. But he said there were areas where wider debate was needed to decide if Scotland could still afford to pay for services where good outcomes were limited.

- The Scotsman

Now, Mr. Lamb is openly saying it - - Mail Online

Whatever is your belief, it is true to say that how you view the person affects how you treat the person.

How will that translate to how the elderly are treated?

The frail, the fragile, the weak, the vulnerable, those limited in capacity of mind or limb: all are at risk.

Society is at risk. How will this translate to how we conduct ourselves and our affairs?

We stand at a moral crossroads we have stood at before. Can we afford to take one step once more along the wrong path?

We have already taken that step...
Posted by Eldoel at 19:05