Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Care Quality Commission's review of the application without consent of do not apply cardio-pulmonary resuscitation notices during the covid-19 outbreak will be completed; and whether that review will cover recent reports of the application of those notices.

In October 2020 the Department asked the Care Quality Commission to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation decisions were used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Interim findings were published on 3 December 2020, with a final report due shortly. The review will take a national view of how these decisions were made and will inform national learning and good practice development as the nation continues to respond to the pandemic.