Hundreds Of Children – Some As Young As 10 – Are Set To Be Jabbed With Puberty Blockers

Hundreds of children are set to be jabbed with puberty blockers in the first NHS-backed experiment of its kind.

The controversial clinical study will see as many as 226 children, as young as ten years old, who believe they are transgender, take part.

They will be injected with the drugs to examine whether they could safely be used in future to help young people transform their bodies and become more like the gender they self-identify as, rather than their gender at birth.

Researchers dismissed accusations that the trial could amount to ‘coercing’ children into taking the drugs, which potentially damage fertility, bone density and brain development.

They insisted it would be safe because they have planned the ‘most rigorous and safest study design’ which will involve ‘close monitoring’ of any potential side-effects and risks.

But campaigners branded the study’s launch ‘outrageous’, saying it should be halted.

Sources also suggested that some gender-critical groups could launch a judicial review against the trial in a bid to halt it.

Maya Forstater, CEO of sex-based rights charity Sex Matters, said: ‘It’s outrageous that a trial involving yet more children being given puberty blockers has been given the go-ahead before studying outcomes for those already treated.

‘These drugs are a major intervention, with no evidence to suggest that they do any good and increasing reason to think they cause permanent harm.

‘It’s both foolish and unethical to expose yet more children to experimental treatment.

‘At this point, the only reason to research puberty blockers is to be able to offer long-term medical support to those who have already been exposed.’

Stephanie Davies-Arai, founder of Transgender Trend, a parent-led campaign group concerned about the rise in young people wanting to change gender, said: ‘We’re very disappointed that the trial is going ahead and we don’t understand how it managed to get approval.

‘We don’t think it’s ethical to give irreversible treatment to children where we don’t have adequate evidence of benefit, but we do know some of the risks.

‘Those are serious risks to fertility, bone density and brain development in adulthood.’

Plans for the trial were announced in 2024 following the publication of the Cass Review, which concluded that the quality of studies claiming puberty blockers have beneficial effects was ‘poor’.

It recommended ‘a full programme of research should be established to look at the characteristics, interventions and outcomes of every young person presenting to the NHS gender services.’

Puberty blockers have since been banned from being prescribed by the NHS.

Before this, they were given to hundreds of children who were treated at the NHS’s controversial child transgender service, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in London.

To be honest, this country is in the clasp of unadulterated wickedness on every possible level.

This country has become rotten to the core. No surprise people are leaving, and what they are doing makes Dr Josef Mengele look like an angel.

If kids are not old enough to drive, drink, smoke, get married, have sex or vote, then there’s simply no way they should be permitted to agree to be involved in medical experimentation, and this is just state-sanctioned abuse.

We should never experiment on young children, and if they do, then they are just Frankenstein.

Anger As Sir Keir Starmer To Approve Chinese Mega-Embassy

Keir Starmer was accused of ‘kowtowing’ to China as he is poised to approve its ‘mega’ embassy.

It is understood that the Prime Minister will announce a decision next month despite warnings over national security.

It comes in the same week as MI5 cautioned MPs about a security threat from Chinese spies aiming to penetrate Parliament. 

Reports that Sir Keir Starmer will approve the plan come ahead of his expected visit to China in January next year.

It also comes in the wake of the collapse of a spy trial in which two men were accused of passing information to Beijing. They deny any wrongdoing.

A Whitehall source said the embassy’s approval was likely to be a ‘formality’. But a No 10 source said a decision has not been made.

MPs exploded in anger at the news, with former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith warning. ‘The Government is in a hopeless state of kowtowing to China. We will take it to the courts because they have broken all the rules.

‘Everything China wants, China gets. They spy on us, bully us, cajole us and yet Labour is there on deep bended knee asking for more. It’s a shameful moment for a British government.

‘China represents a threat that is real, constant and growing, and this is a strategic disaster.’ Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel warned that rubber-stamping the embassy would put the UK at risk, adding: ‘Keir Starmer really hates Britain. He’s off to Beijing… after our intelligence services issued alerts about Chinese espionage following the massive spy case.’

China warned of ‘consequences’ if the embassy near the Tower of London is not given planning permission. The site at Royal Mint Court sits above a web of fibre-optic cables used to bring information into the City of London.

A decision on the embassy, which critics say will be used as a base for espionage, has been delayed repeatedly. But it is now set to be approved after MI5 and MI6 reportedly gave the plan the go-ahead, The Times reported.

Both the Home Office and Foreign Office are said not to be planning to raise objections provided appropriate ‘mitigations’ are in place to protect national security’.

It comes ahead of the PM’s expected visit to China next year to facilitate economic relations with one of Britain’s biggest trading partners.

Questioned about the visit and the embassy decision, Sir Keir, who is at the G20 summit in South Africa, said he would ‘robustly’ protect national interests.

Keir Starmer needs to resign, and we need a General Election now because this man never does anything in the interest of the UK, but this man doesn’t care because he is rich and doesn’t need the money. He must know the damage he’s doing to this country, and he must know how disliked he is right now. So, he’s either destroying the country through mere incompetence or through malevolence.

It does actually make you wonder who Keir Starmer is working for because he and Rachel Reeves seem determined to destroy the UK with their awful decisions that they’ve made so far, which seem to be more than just bad luck.

Let’s face it, Starmer can’t seem to say no to his backbenchers or the boat people, so there’s no way he will say no to China.

Mystery Object That Broke United Flight’s Windshield

An inquiry into the unexplained object which broke the window of a United Airlines flight has confirmed that the offender was a weather balloon.

The collision on October 18 caused the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to make an emergency landing near Moab, Utah. 

WindBorne Systems previously said it believed one of its weather balloons struck and cracked the windshield of United Flight 1093 as it was cruising at around 36,000 feet.

Now the National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed the company’s suspicions and said the track for the WindBorne long-duration, high-altitude weather balloon was consistent with the path of the United jet. 

The balloon had left Spokane, Washington, the previous day, passing over Oregon and Nevada, before finally flying into the airspace above Utah. 

The impact resulted in both pilots being showered with fragments of glass.

The captain sustained multiple superficial lacerations to his right arm, the NTSB said. The first officer was not injured. 

The captain said he noticed a distant object on the horizon, but did not have time to mention it to his colleague before there was a significant impact to the windshield and a loud bang. 

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said last month the incident ‘could have been really devastating for the aircraft and those on board’.

There were initial concerns that the damage could have been caused by space debris. 

Prior government studies have suggested an extremely remote chance of debris hitting jets in flight.

Aeroplane windshields are multi-layered to prevent a loss of cabin pressure if damaged in flight. 

The NTSB said the flight departed Denver with 112 passengers and crew. 

The captain declared an emergency and diverted safely to Salt Lake City.

WindBorne previously said it has conducted more than 4,000 launches and files a notice with the Federal Aviation Administration for every launch. 

Speaking to Ars Technica, Kai Marshland, co-founder of WindBorne, said: ‘I think this was a WindBorne balloon. We learned about UA1093 and the potential that it was related to one of our balloons at 11 pm PT on Sunday and immediately looked into it.

‘At 6 am PT, we sent our preliminary investigation to both NTSB and FAA, and are working with both of them to investigate further.’

The company said it has rolled out ‘immediate’ changes to ‘minimise’ the amount of time its balloons spend between 30,000 and 40,000 feet in the air.

Air balloons are amazing, but they should not be taking up air space. Imagine if the balloon had struck the engine.

Air balloons use smart AI – not so smart if they’re colliding with a commercial aeroplane on its planned flight path, but thankfully nobody was badly hurt and everyone was safe – gratitude to the amazing pilots.

However, there needs to be accountability for this because this could have ended very badly

There needs to be accountability for this. This could’ve ended extremely badly.

Things like air balloons and drones, et cetera, should not be flying so high in the sky. It’s dangerous and can cause crashes in the air, and nobody wants that, especially if you’re a pilot or passenger.

At the end of the day, things should not be flying in the sky – Superman wouldn’t put up with any of this crap!

Christmas Rail Strikes Announced

Rail passengers endeavouring to travel across Britain in the run-up to Christmas face misery after a trade union announced strike action on four consecutive Saturdays.

Workers on rail operator CrossCountry are to stage a string of walkouts next month in a dispute over pay, affecting shoppers and families trying to visit relatives.

Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members will walk out on December 6, 13, 20 and 27 amid claims long-running problems on pay and staffing were unresolved.

The last Saturday before Christmas is traditionally an especially busy time to travel by train, given that thousands of people are heading to relatives for the festive season.

Trains on the first Saturday after Christmas are also frequently packed as passengers take trips they cannot make during the shutdown on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Engineering works on the West Coast Main Line on December 27 mean some passengers would have been hoping to use CrossCountry trains as an option.

CrossCountry has not yet established how the walkout will affect services, but most will likely be cancelled, and they will only operate a restricted timetable at best. 

Eddie Dempsey, general secretary of the RMT – Britain’s largest rail workers’ union – said today: ‘CrossCountry has not dealt with the core issues in this dispute and has come back with a proposal that is worse than what was already on the table.

‘Our members are still facing unresolved staffing shortages, unfair pay outcomes and broken commitments. RMT members have been left with no choice but to take strike action.

‘The company must return with a serious offer that meets the commitments it has already made and treats our members with the fairness and respect they deserve.’

But CrossCountry managing director Shiona Rolfe said: ‘We are disappointed for our customers that the RMT has announced further industrial action.

‘We’ve worked hard to make a fair and reasonable offer that addresses the key points raised in this dispute, and we’ve made meaningful progress in negotiations. 

‘Our priority remains reaching an agreement that avoids disruption for passengers in the busy Christmas period, and we are ready to continue talks at any time.’

CrossCountry is used by approximately 100,000 passengers a day and operates trains on a 775-mile route from Aberdeen to Penzance, although the direct service between the two stops at either end of Britain was axed in May after 104 years.

These walkouts need to be banned because these greedy freeloaders get more than a teacher with over 10 years of experience. If they believe that driving a train doesn’t pay enough, try teaching a class of 30 hormonal teenagers.

Every year, a section of the public sector goes on strike; this is just blackmail, and it usually works to suppress their greed for a short while. It’s just mere greed, demanding money for less.

It’s not like these people are poorly paid.

Train strikes at Christmas – well, everything is normal then! And if they can afford to lose 4 days’ pay at Christmas, then I would say they are being paid extremely well indeed.

Then there were the Labour MPs bragging about how they had settled the strikes and doctors’ disputes so quickly, patting themselves on the back. They evidently forgot to take greed into account.

Rail walkouts for Christmas is now as traditional as a Turkey roast on the big day, and the wager I made with the bookies is going to pay out well. I’ll be one satisfied customer by the New Year.

Jailed Over Russian Bribes

Russia is seeking to bribe Britain’s MPs to undermine our democracy, police warned today, as the former head of the Reform UK party in Wales was jailed for taking cash to back Putin’s allies.

Nathan Gill was imprisoned for over 10 years today after receiving tens of thousands of pounds in bribes to give speeches, interviews, and organise events supporting Russian activity in Ukraine.

The former leader of the Reform UK party in Wales was told to ‘recruit’ other British MPs and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to attend pro-Russia events, including ‘a leading figure in the Brexit Party’, which was led by Nigel Farage at the time.

The 52-year-old was promised he would be ‘rewarded’ with a ‘sack of paper gifts’ thought to contain money, if he would bring his ‘friends’ into the Brexit Party, which is now known as Reform UK.

It can now be revealed that four other pro-Brexit MEPs are under investigation in connection with the scandal.

Scotland Yard established that Mr Farage is not one of the politicians being scrutinised, and there is no indication of any misconduct by the Reform leader.

As Gill was sentenced, Head of Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command Dominic Murphy warned that Moscow’s attempts to influence British politics are ‘widespread’.

He suggested Russia is seeking to bribe and influence MPs to subvert our democracy, saying: ‘This is the first type of case we’ve seen like this, but what we’ve seen in this case does raise questions.

‘I think we’re beginning to see a course of conduct in those states that wish to do us harm, about their influence over society, politicians and politics more broadly.’

In an unprecedented prosecution, Gill pocketed about £5,000 a time to read out parliamentary addresses urging Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow and pursue peace after Russia invaded Crimea and sent paramilitary units into the Donbas region.

He delivered scripted media statements criticising Ukrainian President Zelensky and supporting Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, a personal friend of President Putin.

Medvedchuk, who was later accused of treason in Ukraine and trying to rob national resources, is deemed so close to Putin that the Russian leader is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s daughter.

Gill was paid thousands to give TV interviews in favour of the key Putin ally and to deliver speeches in the European Parliament, where he acted as an MEP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2014 to 2020.

The father-of-five was the leader of UKIP in Wales from 2014 to 2016 before it became Reform UK Wales in 2021.

The practising Mormon, who lives on the island of Anglesey with his family, represented North Wales in the National Assembly, now the Welsh Parliament, between 2016 and 2017.

The Old Bailey heard today that Gill ‘offers no excuse for his venal compromise’ after he accepted at least £30,000 in bribes from Oleg Voloshyn, a former Ukrainian politician, to give pro-Russian statements.

Now we have Reform traitors, and a motley crew of chancers, conmen, and the far right, and now Nigel Farage has been accused by his classmates of singing terrible anti-semetic songs during his time at Dulwich College in south London, where his peers claim that he made pro-Hitler remarks and quipped about gas chambers.

Now he’s been asked to explain himself after he’s been accused of making racist and anti-semetic comments by several former classmates.

Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer Peter Ettedgui, who was 13-at-the time, told The Guardian that the Reform UK leader would tell him “Hitler was right”, or “Gas them” before adding a hiss to replicate the sound of the gas chambers.

Farage might be older now, and perhaps a tad more mature, but as they say, ‘A Leopard never changes its spots.’

Turkish Holidaymakers Killed By Hotel Chemical Agent

A family of four who were thought to have died from food poisoning during a trip to Turkey were ‘most likely’ killed by a chemical agent in their hotel, investigators have said.

The family had become violently sick at their hotel in Istanbul last Wednesday, just two days after travelling there from Hamburg, Germany. 

It was originally believed that the family had died following a deadly bout of food poisoning after they had set out for the Besiktas district in the north-east of the city to sample local foods on November 12.

But a preliminary report from the Turkish forensic institute has demonstrated that the deaths of father Servet, 38, mother Cigdem Bocek, 27, and their two children, Masal, three, and Kadir, six, were most probably caused by chemical poisoning at the hotel, state broadcaster TRT reported.

The forensic institute is looking into reports of poisoning from chemicals used to combat pests in the Turkish hotel, and samples are now being analysed, according to the news channel.

Although the possibility of food poisoning being the cause of death has not been entirely ruled out, it is now thought to be unlikely.

The German family were transported to the hospital on November 12 after they had ventured out to try the popular street snack midye – a dish of stuffed mussels served with lemon. 

They later ordered a mix of dishes at a local restaurant, including kokorec, made from calf intestines, and tavuk tantuni, a type of chicken wrap.

Before heading back to their hotel, the family indulged in some Turkish cuisine from a store in the Fatih neighbourhood.

However, the kids quickly began experiencing severe nausea and vomiting. Bocek and Servet began exhibiting the same symptoms while travelling to the hospital.

The taxi driver who took them has since revealed that they seemed ‘in a panic’ on their way to the hospital.

‘I tried to talk to the father. When I asked him what was happening, he replied: “We ate and drank something, and it probably affected us”. He said to me: “Please, take us to the nearest hospital”.’

He added that the young girl had been vomiting continuously, and that the mother appeared ‘semi-conscious’ during the ride.

Tragically, the two children died on Wednesday, Bocek lost her life on Friday, and Servet died on Monday following the sickness.

The grandfather of the children has demanded answers and asked whether others have fallen sick.

Another two tourists staying at the same hotel were hospitalised on Saturday after displaying symptoms of nausea and vomiting, according to BirGün newspaper.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday: ‘The investigation is currently being carried out comprehensively. It will be revealed what caused the deaths.’ 

Following investigations, 11 suspects have now been arrested, and according to the Anadolu news agency, arrest warrants were issued for four of them on Monday evening.

These included sweet vendors, stuffed mussels sellers, a kokorec vendor and a cafe owner. 

This is a shocking tragedy – an innocent family wiped out by the careless use of poisons – no compensation or punishment could ever make this right, because it sounds like health and safety are nonexistent in Turkey, and for an entire family to die is simply tragic.

The irony of it all was that this was a Turkish family living in Germany who had just gone back for a holiday and died there. What a tragic fate.

Home Office Funds Anti-Radicalisation Boyband

The Home Office secretly financed a boyband to tour Muslim areas of Britain and sing songs with anti-radicalisation themes, it has been announced.

The British-American pop trio, known as ‘Mr Meanor’, visited schools across the north of England in 2016.

Large portions of Iraq and Syria were under the authority of the Islamic State terror group at the time, and hundreds of Britons had journeyed to the Middle East to join the militants.

Social media posts from the time document how the boy band performed to students in towns and cities such as Sheffield, Manchester, and Runcorn.

The posts also promote their charity single ‘Think About It’, which includes references to the 9/11 terror attacks in New York in 2001, and the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005.

The Tim Parry and Jonathan Ball Foundation for Peace, a Warrington-based organisation, was officially credited with organising the school’s visit.

But the Politics Home website reported it was part of a ‘covert’ Home Office initiative to deter potential Islamist extremists.

Financial records are said to disclose that the charity received £400,000 in funding from the Home Office’s counter-terrorism Prevent scheme shortly before the tour.

This was labelled in accounts as ‘Panther [programme]’, according to the website.

LinkedIn posts by former contractors are also said to indicate the tour and campaign were organised by the Home Office.

Communications for the tour were reportedly handled by Breakthrough Media.

The firm has previously been revealed to be a favoured contractor of a ‘propaganda’ arm of the Home Office, the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU).

RICU documents from 2015 are said to show how BreakThrough Media had worked with the Foundation for Peace charity.

One school visited by Mr Meanor during their 2016 tour was reported to have been Parrs Wood High School in Manchester.

A former student at the school was thought to have travelled to Syria in 2013.

The song ‘Think About It’ was released by Mr Meanor in 2016 and was written after the terror attacks in Paris.

It includes the lyrics: ‘See these hashtags all night, Turn the TV on and something else ain’t right, More people gone don’t know how we sleep at night.

‘What I’m hoping is we can lead a precious life, 9/11 changes how we view these things, People want to terrorise, and 7/7 left behind more broken lives right before our eyes.’

It just goes to show that Islam is a threat to our society, not just ours, but other countries as well.

We must stop the migration of anybody who practices Islam, because it is simply too risky to determine who is dangerous and who is not. Hopefully, our government will finally see this before it is too late.

Our government must deport all Muslims, and the boats must be stopped.

If the Home Office has financed this, what else have they secretly funded, past and present? It’s like we’re living in the world’s worst sitcom.

If migrants don’t like the UK or its values, send them home, but they don’t want to go home because there are too many benefits to staying.

Lord Mandelson Investigated For Relieving Himself Against A Garden Wall

Shamed Labour grandee Peter Mandelson could find out the real cost of ‘spending a penny’ after he was caught short in public last week.

If it is determined that the former US Ambassador violated local bylaws by urinating on the street in exclusive Notting Hill, west London, he will be fined.

Following the Daily Mail’s first coverage of Lord Mandelson’s late-night incident, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council has now acknowledged that it is looking into the matter.

Councillor Johnny Thalassites, the London council’s lead member for environment and planning, said it was ‘unacceptable’ for people to treat public spaces as a personal toilet.

He said: ‘We are aware of images appearing to show a prominent politician caught short on one of our streets and are investigating whether an offence has been committed.

‘While we appreciate that nature can call at the most inconvenient moments, we are proud of our borough’s clean streets and amazing spaces, and it is unacceptable for anyone to treat them as a urinal.’

Urinating in public is an infraction under the Public Order Act 1986.

It may be handled with a warning, but it may also result in prosecution or a fixed penalty notice.

Urinating in public during a festival may be punished more severely than in a back alley since the number of people present at the time frequently determines the severity of the violation.

If the conduct involves other charges like indecent exposure or criminal damage, police may also take action.

Typically, urinating in public is covered by local authority bylaws.

Images show Lord Mandelson going to the loo al fresco just before 11 pm while waiting for an Uber after visiting the home of former Tory chancellor George Osborne on Wednesday last week.

After exiting the townhouse, he walked a short distance to the street corner before furtively unfastening his zip and urinating against a brick wall.

An eyewitness said he looked ‘worse for wear’ and managed to splash his upmarket trainers.

The wall belongs to Mr Osborne’s neighbour, James Reed, the tycoon behind Reed Recruitment, who has been critical of Labour’s economic policies.

Mr Reed told the Daily Mail: ‘I’m surprised that whichever of my neighbours he happened to be visiting didn’t offer him a toilet. It doesn’t seem very diplomatic.’

The tenant of a nearby flat added: ‘We have to put up with this sort of revolting behaviour during the Notting Hill Carnival.

‘It’s a shame to see that people still feel entitled to urinate in the street here three months later, and quite outrageous that the person responsible should be a peer of the realm.’

And to think, Keir Starmer thought this individual would be a suitable US ambassador, and what a wretched little man with his despicable manners, he certainly needs to be fined at least.

However, local councils need to make public places for people to urinate more available because there are very few public places where one can take a leak. After all, sadly, there are many people with cancer and prostate problems who can’t wait to go; they just have to go – so was Lord Mendleson just urinating because he’s just had too many bevvies or was it for medical reasons? It would be fascinating to know – hopefully the investigation will uncover this.

However, he was visiting George Osbourne; did he not think to use the bathroom before he left good old Georgie boys’ abode?

Lord Mendleson is a peer of the realm, so he should have more etiquette than that. Peer of the realm, more like peer of the pee-ers.

NHS Doctors Give Disabled Patients Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Without Consent

Families have slammed the NHS for putting “do not resuscitate” orders on disabled patients without their permission.

An investigation by ITV News discovered that numerous UK hospitals have put blanket ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNR) orders on at least 12 patients with learning disabilities after being ordered to cease the practice five years ago.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the blanket imposition of DNRs on disabled people had caused potentially avoidable deaths in a report published in 2020.

NHS guidelines require medical officials to conduct assessments on a case-by-case basis before issuing a DNR and to consult either the person concerned or their family members. But Julie Benson, whose sister Caroline has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is non-verbal, said she has been told 15 to 20 times that a DNR was added to her sister’s form and has had to “fight” on multiple occasions to have it removed.

“I get a phone call [saying] Caroline is in hospital from the care home, to be greeted by: ‘We are not going to be able to resuscitate her’,” Julie told ITV.

“Every time she goes into hospital, Caroline will have a ‘do not resuscitate’ in place. That is not my wish. They want me to agree to it. I very rarely do.”

“This is all before anyone has even explained to me what is wrong with Caroline,” she added. “So they don’t say to me, ‘This is a life-threatening situation’. It’s not. It’s a chest infection. They wouldn’t do that to me or you.

“I honestly don’t think they think she is worth that effort, that she can’t have a good quality of life. Caroline has a good life. We go to the park, we go to the beach. Every year, Caroline and I go to Tenerife for two weeks.”

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was “appalled” to hear that hospitals were continuing to apply DNRs on disabled patients without consent.

“One of the things I’ll be doing off the back of [these] findings is talking to NHS leaders about how we make sure there is individual accountability and consequences,” he said.

“People that are learning disabled have the same rights, the same choices, the same dignity as everyone else. And their lives are of equal value and worth, and I find it honestly utterly repulsive that someone who has a learning disability are written off in this way and certainly without consultation with that person or indeed the people who love and care for them.”

The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) was introduced in the late 1990s, starting in 1997, as a set of guidelines for end-of-life care.

It was created to standardise and enhance palliative care for terminally ill patients in their last hours or days of life at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the nearby Marie Curie hospice.

Supposedly, the Liverpool Care Pathway is no longer in use; it was phased out in 2014 following controversy and was replaced by individualised end-of-life care plans.

The Liverpool Care Pathway was a scandal that generated a lot of controversy due to unfavourable media coverage and public concerns.

The scandal centred on the accusation that patients were sometimes put on the pathway without their family’s consent, and that sustaining treatments like food and water were being removed far too rapidly.

Critics dubbed it the “road to death” and accused the NHS of killing off thousands of elderly patients. Supporters say it helped their relatives have a peaceful and dignified death.

It was straightforward euthanasia, and it continues now, albeit in a different way.

DNRs have to be given by permission. Either by the patient or a family member who is in sound mind and body.

Any doctor or nurse who shortens a person’s life is just a monster and should not be permitted to work in that occupation or care home.

It’s different if that person would no longer have any quality of life or who likely would not recover, or if they do have a DNR, but other than that, it’s the doctor’s and nurses’ duty to endeavour to save that person, whatever the cost.

If a patient has family to support them and say ‘no’ to this evil practice, then they can speak for the patient, but if the patient doesn’t have anybody to advocate for them, they will most certainly be allowed to die; this is what they call ‘euthanasia by default.’

This is tantamount to manslaughter, and it’s totally disgusting.

Longest Walkout By Hospital Blood-Takers In NHS History

Specialist health workers who take patients’ blood have been striking for 236 straight days in what their union claims is the longest strike in NHS history.

The 36 phlebotomists claim the clinical nature of the tasks they perform means they should be on a higher NHS pay scale, worth an extra £1.09 an hour.

Bosses at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have refused to surrender to their demands despite staff at other hospitals successfully arguing their case without the necessity for industrial action.

Union Unison say it would cost the trust £60,000 a year to regrade the affected workers – a quarter of chief executive Kevin McNamara’s annual salary of about £245,000.

It is understood there were 37 phlebotomists on a walkout when the strike began on March 17, with one having returned to work.

Their work at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals is being done by other staff, such as nurses.

The union is providing financial assistance to those participating in the industrial action, although it only makes up a small portion of their income, which is now on the lowest level of the NHS pay scale known as Agenda for Change.

The length of the strike and the size of the rise they are seeking means they are likely to be significantly out of pocket even if they win their case, with sources saying their position is a matter of principle.

Christina McAnea, Unison general secretary, said: ‘It takes a lot of skill to put patients at ease and get them through an experience that makes many people go weak at the knees.

‘But these essential workers are unfairly being paid the lowest rate in the NHS.

‘That in no way reflects the very skilled work they do. Everyone apart from senior managers can see that this is wrong.

‘The trust should stop being so bloody-minded and pay these dedicated staff what they’re due.’

Kerry Baigent, Unison’s South West regional secretary, said: ‘The phlebotomists are standing up not just for themselves, but for every health worker who’s been undervalued and overlooked.

‘It’s time the trust listened and ended the longest strike of NHS workers in history.’

Ms McAnea will support the striking phlebotomists in a protest in Gloucester alongside TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, other union leaders, and employees.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: ‘The Agenda for Change pay system is based on a Job Evaluation Scheme, developed through collaboration between NHS leaders, trade unions and independent experts.

‘It is the responsibility of individual NHS organisations and trade unions to work in partnership to implement the scheme correctly.

‘We have recently agreed to several measures to support this and restore confidence in the scheme, which are being taken forward by the NHS Staff Council.’

The job of a phlebotomist takes a specific amount of mastery. It’s more than a ‘sharp scratch.’ Getting someone who is skilled and in top form is a real blessing, especially for those patients who loathe needles or are difficult to get blood from, like me.

In my opinion, they should just lower managers’ salaries or freeze them so the money that they save can be used on lower-paid staff.

Sadly, the NHS is not fit for purpose, but at least we have an NHS; other countries do not, and we don’t want to give our government a reason to privatise.

Phlebotomists do a really good job, and it is a skilled job, but there are also other ancillary staff in the NHS that never get a mention, yet they are the necessary support in our NHS.

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