Well, I think you'll find they do, @EmotionalBlackmail I take it you've heard of what went on at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital some years ago. It's a matter of public record that opiates were prescribed, but to date nobody has ever got into trouble over this, despite numerous police 'investigations' by different forces, each one taking its time. I see all that as a dress rehearsal for what went on during lockdown.
There's a reason why my sister and I had to take it in turns to visit Mum in various Surrey care homes to give her drink, while all our appeals to the manager fell on deaf ears. It took us way too long to figure it out, though when you do it makes no difference. It seems to be authorised at the highest level.
I'm not talking about folk approaching their final days. I'm talking about the State pushing them towards their final days. To save money on pensions and prescriptions, and to get a nice inheritance tax boost.
St Helier Hospital local to me has been accused of euthanasia in this report which sadly never made it into the print version of the local paper. When we got Dad into Epsom General Hospital in late April this year we ran up against some very odd, nasty behaviour at the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and we had to produce a hard copy of the LPA in Health and Welfare to get him out. The person in charge there pored over it for a loophole, had us surrounded by all her work colleagues on the ward suddenly, one of them whipping out a smart phone to film what looked like an engineered confrontation - we didn't rise to it but just got him out. I don't think they was motivated by tender care for Dad.
Sadly, in October this year when Dad was significantly more poorly we had to get him to the same hospital but understandably chose the Mary Seacole ward instead. I think we got 'played' with tea and sympathy - we just let our guard down and were mentally and physically fatigued. Dad went on the ward Monday, was dead by late Wednesday night. It leaves a bitter taste - we would rather have got him home, well we couldn't have done a worse job than them as it turned out.
That said, I will concede that other posts on the 'Elderly Parents' thread are at variance with this - to the point where with a couple of them I even contacted Mumsnet HQ to question if they were valid, especially as one member didn't seem to have posted anything else. Musmnet confirmed they was valid; they'd posted under another name usually - I think the policy varies re local NHS Trusts, also if the patient retains any mental capacity, that makes the difference in some instances. If not, if they seem to have a whiff of significant dementia, then they can do as they please, especially if the family didn't know to get LPA in Health and Welfare, well, it's not down to them frankly.
The policy does seem wholly contradictory, almost as if the State is saying, whatever the family wants, we'll do the opposite.