Liverpool Care Pathway – A Blanket Policy Of Extermination

In The Telegraph:

Martin Amis says euthanasia is 'an evolutionary inevitability'

Martin Amis says the 'primitive' Christian notion of the 'sanctity of life' is holding back debate on assisted suicide

So, the 'sanctity of life' is a 'primitive' Christian notion?

There can be no-one who does not know of or is not acquainted with these famous lines:

Does Amis, then, seek  the 'unalienable' Right to Death?

In The Guardian:

Martin Amis in new row over 'euthanasia booths'

His comments were immediately condemned as "glib" and "offensive" by anti-euthanasia groups and those caring for the elderly and infirm. Supporters of assisted suicide, meanwhile, insisted that a dignified and compassionate end should be on offer to those who are dying.

Alistair Thompson, from the Care Not Killing Alliance, said Amis's views were "very worrying". "We are extremely disappointed that people are advocating death booths for the elderly and the disabled. How on earth can we pretend to be a civilised society if people are giving the oxygen of publicity to such proposals?

So, supporters insist that 

"a dignified and compassionate end should be on offer to those who are dying."

Well, each day is one day closer to our own demise. We are all 'dying' as surely as, day by day, we grow older. This argument, of course, may be dismissed as 'picking at straws'.

The old are defined as 'dying' because old age is, by definition, a terminal condition and becomes surer with each passing day. It is the old who, by merely being old, are being targeted - by Amis' own admission. And the disabled - by whatever faculty - are a close second to be singled out for termination.


These are frightening times.


These are frightening times, indeed.

It is an old ploy to keep floating an idea that, thereby, it may cease to appear so novel and extreme. 

Thus does the outrageous gain plausibility and acceptance, by becoming almost tiresome by its very mention.

It slips in under the radar, a fifth column of ideas that are no longer foreign to our concepts of right and wrong simply because they have permeated our very consciousness and infected our moral outlook, a dark cancer in our soul.

What was unacceptable is become acceptable and normal. Moral.

The old are no longer our elders, a source and font of experience to be respected.

The old are become a nuisance to be tolerated only as long as they do not become a burden. The weak and the vulnerable of whatever age, considered mentally ‘deficient’ and wanting by whatever faculty, unable to give or to gain benefit from being, are no longer fit to continue their existence amongst us.

We have been here before. These ideas were crushed and defeated in the conflagration of war. Yet, once more, like a phoenix, they rise from the ashes of that holocaust.

Yes, they really did mean to say that...!

Lady Warnock

Baroness Warnock has said that elderly people suffering from dementia are “wasting people’s lives” and “wasting the resources of the National Health Service” and should be allowed to die. These are the words of a well-respected commentator on medical ethics.

Lady Warnock’s comments were published in an interview with the magazine of the Church of Scotland, Life and Work, and have been condemned by dementia charities.

Yes, they really did mean to say that...!

Jacques Attali, is a leading French intellectual and former President of the European Bank for reconstruction and development. He has said, "As soon as he goes beyond 60-65 years of age man lives beyond his capacity to produce, and he costs society a lot of money...euthanasia will be one of the essential instruments of our future societies."

Yes, they really did mean to say that...!

BMA: Let patients die 'to save cash'

Published on Saturday 25 June 2011 13:55THE leader of Scotland's doctors has questioned whether society can afford to pay thousands of pounds to keep terminally-ill people alive for weeks or months when health service budgets are under unprecedented strain.

A callous disregard has been well-entrenched for decades. Long ago, Dr Rita Pal warned in the Sunday Times:

Elderly are helped to die to clear beds, claims doctor

Mark Macaskill and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

2^nd April 2000 

THE callous treatment of the elderly in NHS hospitals has been exposed by a doctor who claims patients are denied life-saving treatment, are grossly neglected and are given drugs which hasten death.  Rita Pal, 28, a junior doctor, was so disturbed by her experiences that she is leaving the profession. This week she will submit a dossier to the General Medical Council (GMC) detailing the cases of abuse that she saw.

The Liverpool Care Pathway has become the blanket policy of extermination, slipped in under the radar, a wolf in sheep's clothing, by which this agenda may be achieved.

Liverpool care Pathway – A Blunt Instrument

It was reported in The Telegraph that the Department of Health committed to investing 286 million pounds over the two years to 2011 to support implementation of this End of Life Care Strategy. That is 286 million pounds spent to assist people on their path to the next world while denying the necessary funding to keep them alive and well in this!

The plain speaking has started and it’s not very nice.

BMA: Let patients die 'to save cash'

Published on Saturday 25 June 2011 13:55
THE leader of Scotland's doctors has questioned whether society can afford to pay thousands of pounds to keep terminally-ill people alive for weeks or months when health service budgets are under unprecedented strain.

Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the British Medical Association Scotland, said in some cases tens of thousands of pounds were spent on drugs to extend cancer patients' lives for relatively short periods.

Speaking ahead of his organisation's annual meeting, the GP said the country had to debate the merits of these kinds of aggressive treatments and the effects they had on the NHS budget. But he stressed any decision had to be made at a society level, rather than being left to doctors.

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

Liverpool Care Pathway - An Awful Truth

It has been upheld in a court of law that preservation of life is a fundamental principle of law.

A judge is quoted as saying:

"The factor which does carry substantial weight, in my judgment, is the preservation of life. Although not an absolute rule, the law regards the preservation of life as a fundamental principle."


This ruling is in harmony with the Hippocratic Oath and its constraint to do no harm.

This ruling confirms the right to life.

How, then, may this Death Pathway be tolerated and proceed and there be no voice of integrity anywhere raised against it?


The halls of Westminster and the citadels of power in this land ring silent.


These lone voices of those who fall victim ring consistent and true.

Here follows a response to the report in Hold The Front Page –

Susan Skinner, Surrey

January 13, 2012 at 9:41 am

In 2010, my husband was put on the LCP, unlike Mr. Kasembe, he was actually dying. He was not suffering but had a death rattle, which is not painful. for “palliative Care”, I was told that he would have to have various medications. My question is, if someone is not suffering, why not just let them die naturally?
I urge the family of Mr. Kasembe to keep fighting.
Also a hint, When I went through the notes, I realised that those about the LCP did not make sense without the reverse of the pages being copied. These explain the protocol. Routinely, only the fronts of the notes are copied.
There may not be much money in the NHS, but there IS a lot of money being spent on rolling out the LCP, which is highly politicised.
What I found out nearly broke my heart, I have done quite a lot of work on it but had to give it up to save my sanity.


Susan Skinner comments further -

Susan Skinner, Surrey

January 13, 2012 at 9:49 am

Re the autopsy, I suggest, one test is required, morphine poisoning. Also, perhaps medisolam piosoning and haloperidol poisoning, if these were given, and dehydration. (The levels of all these should be evident form the notes).The family is as well to pay to start with, otherwise the results may not be trustworthy as independence from the health authority is a suggested necessity.

Likewise, this family requested that a test for morphine levels be made in pursuit of our concerns. This request was denied. At that time we were unaware of the extent of deceit and subterfuge that would confront us as we pressed ahead with our quest to discover the awful truth. We were in ignorance of the very existence of this Death Pathway. That was all to come.

Liverpool Care Pathway - A Predetermined Pathway

Today – and every day – people are being diagnosed as ‘dying’ and then, just for good measure - to ensure that this dire prospect is brought to its predetermined outcome and the prognosis is fulfilled - are placed on the "care pathway of the dying". This care pathway is the LCP.

This report is from Hold The Front Page –

Family still seeking answers over journalist’s death

by Sarah Bould, 

The family of former regional newspaper reporter say they are still no clearer as to how he died following a meeting with the hospital where he was put on a treatment plan before his death.

Musosa Kazembe, who worked for the Swindon Advertiser in the 1970s, died at Great Western Hospital in the town on 28 December.

He had been put on a scheme designed to comfort the dying in their final days called the Liverpool Care Pathway.

Earlier this week we reported that his family were due to meet with hospital bosses following a dispute in which they claimed he was left to starve.

His three sons allege he was administered powerful sedatives and denied food or water despite at one point being well enough to cry out for something to eat.

His family have now requested his medical notes and are waiting for the hospital to release the information.

A spokesman for Great Western Hospital told the newspaper this week that it had been looking into the complaint since it was first raised but the investigation was not yet complete as it takes time to review all of the information to prepare a full response.

In a statement they said: “We have kept the family fully informed of the investigation, sharing information with them in an open manner and have had almost daily contact with them keeping them up to date.”

Musosa’s son Chim told the Advertiser: “When my father was admitted they said he was suffering from a virus. It took three days to carry out tests but by then they had already switched everything off, and we were never told the results.”

The family are also contesting whether his cause of death was pneumonia as stated on his death certificate or whether he starved.

The family want a post-mortem to determine the factors in Musosa’s death, but may have to pay for it to be carried out because the Wiltshire and Swindon coroner said the death had not been referred by the hospital.

In his journalism days Musosa reported on the fight against racism in Africa and Europe and once interviewed Enoch Powell.

Does this report require further comment...?

As was the outcome of being placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway so shall be the outcome of any investigations and reports. It is all predetermined.

Liverpool Care Pathway – A ‘Slippery Slope' In Place And Functioning.

The ‘slippery slope' is in place and functioning. It is called the Liverpool Care Pathway.

May god help us all, for there is none other in any authority who will, nor with the will, apparently!

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To stand by and do nothing while a wrong proceeds unchallenged is to be complicit in it. Complacency permits the unthinkable to become thinkable and the unacceptable to become possible.

Liverpool Care Pathway – The ‘Slippery Slope’ Is Here!

In the Telegraph - 28 Sep 2011

Right to die case start of ‘slippery slope'

A brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be allowed to die, a High Court judge has ruled. The Official Solicitor said withdrawing life-supporting treatment could be the start of a "slippery slope".

Today – and every day – people are being diagnosed as ‘dying’ and then, for good measure and to ensure that this dire prospect is brought to a successful outcome and the prognosis is fulfilled, are placed on the “care pathway of the dying”. This care pathway is the LCP.

The ‘slippery slope' to which the learned lady, Caroline Harry Thomas QC, for the Official Solicitor - the lawyer appointed by the court – is referring, is here. The ‘slippery slope' is in place and functioning. It is called the Liverpool Care Pathway.

May god help us all, for there is none other, apparently, in any authority who will!

Liverpool care Pathway – A Cause Célèbre

Brendan O'Neill says:

“It's a depressing sign of the times that the 'right to die' has become such a cause célèbre.”

Telegraph   August 30th, 2011

"Individual autonomy counts for little in a world governed by long-nosed nannies and nudgers keen to police every aspect of our lives, from what we scoff to where we smoke. Yet when it comes to the desperate act of electing to die, suddenly autonomy becomes important again. You could be forgiven for thinking that the only right our betters trust us with these days is the “right to die”

"Denied autonomy in life, we’re now only offered it when we’re knocking on death’s door. It reveals something very depressing about society that we should seek to curb the autonomy of active, ambitious, go-getting individuals yet celebrate the autonomy of those who want to exit this mortal coil.

"While other rights – from the right to free speech to the right to be let alone by the government – are held in contempt, the “right to die” is increasingly cherished by the chattering classes. It is not only the religious lobby and the caring professions that should be worried by this elevation of the “freedom” to kill oneself – so should humanists, like me, who have traditionally been far more interested in fighting for the Good Life than campaigning for a “good death”."

The ‘long-nosed nannies and nudgers keen to police every aspect of our lives’ to whom Mr. O’Neill refers are keen not merely to respect the autonomy of those who elect to choose the “right to die”, but to enforce it upon those who do not do so. This is accomplished perfectly legally through the vehicle of the ‘Pathway of the Dying’, the Liverpool Care Pathway.

Liverpool care Pathway – Going Counter To The Principle Of Law

It has been upheld in a court of law that preservation of life is a fundamental principle of law.

A judge is quoted as saying:

"The factor which does carry substantial weight, in my judgment, is the preservation of life. Although not an absolute rule, the law regards the preservation of life as a fundamental principle."

(TheTelegraph — September 28, 2011)

In a supporting article in the Telegraph, Counsel is quoted as saying,

"If it is not in M's best interests to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment, including artificial nutrition and hydration, were such treatment withheld or withdrawn, this would amount to the actus reus of murder."

How, then, are these arbitrary judgements viewed, that a person has reached the end of their life and is to be placed on the “care pathway of the dying” and is to be starved of food and fluids and dosed with morphine until they are dead? Is that not, also, murder?

(Liverpool CarePathway - More From The Frontline) 

Those complicit in this, through requiring implementation of this “Pathway of the Dying” via the blackmail of the DOH CQUIN payments, are they not guilty, if not of murder, of manslaughter?

It does seem that the Liverpool Care Pathway stands alone, above criticism and outside the law – above the law.

"Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 the Court of Protection – which previously only dealt with the financial affairs of those judged by psychiatrists to lack mental capacity – was given the power to decide on medical treatments.

This move was intended to close a loophole identified in the earlier cases, in that it was unclear if any body or individual had the authority to take health care decisions for incapacitated adults."

Focus on Britain's most secretive court  Telegraph 28 Sept 2011

When the Liverpool care Pathway is invoked, then all that paraphernalia of protection is over-ruled and goes by the board. The decision is taken and implemented by medical professionals, without the knowledge of kith and kin and even the intended victim.

In respect to implementation of LCP, attitudes appear so casual they are really quite callous. In respect to the finality of these protocols, that they will result in the termination, the extinguishing, of a life, it is really quite frightening.