Been reading in the Sunday papers about NICE (national institute for health and care Excellence) rapid COVID-19 critical care guidelines of 21 March that all adults on admission to hospital should be assessed according to Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS).
I am beyond shocked that I am really reading about the UK. This is really true?
If any mumsnetters works at this NICE centre of excellence, or similar, please can they explain this Fragility Scale ? because to a ordinary member of public like me it makes me feel sick and horrified. Does it really mean a handicapped or elderly person would be turned away from hospital because on the scale they are not worth saving? Maybe I have misunderstood it.
If it is true, I feel we have really, really let down those people we were supposedly celebrating for VE day.
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Clinical Frailty Scale in this country :(
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marlboroughlemon · 10/05/2020 11:06
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