7 January 2021 News from BIHR We’re still hiring We’ve extended the deadline for applications for our Human Rights Officer role! You now have until 6pm on 21 January 2021 to get your applications in. Find out more about this exciting opportunity here!   Report on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation and Human Rights published Just before the festive break, we published our new report, ‘'Scared, Angry, Discriminatory, Out of my Control: DNAR Decision-Making in 2020'. The report shows a worrying picture around the rights of involvement in care and treatment decisions, including DNARs. Our evidence gathered with people and their families who have experienced DNAR decisions depicts serious issues of discrimination related to disability and age, and the intersection between the two, as well as other factors. Coronavirus has shone a spotlight on this, and some reported an increase in worrying DNAR decisions; but none of this is new, these problems are ongoing. Read b...

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