Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a ministerial oversight group to investigate the use of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation during the covid-19 outbreak has been established; and when that group plans to report.

Following the Care Quality Commission’s report into how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation decisions were made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department committed to the establishment of a Ministerial Oversight Group to drive forward the report’s recommendations. The Ministerial Oversight Group met on 8 June and will report on progress in due course.