Use the following weblinks to access key documents and guidelines referred to in the book.

 

Chapter 1

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mid-staffordshire-nhs-ft-public-inquiry-government-response  - Mid Staffordshire NHS FT public inquiry: government response. See in particular 'Hard Truths: the journey to putting patients first' (Vol.1). 

 

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmhealth/657/657.pdf - House of Commons Health Committee report, ‘After Francis: making a difference’.

 

 

Chapter 9

http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/assisted_suicide_policy.html - Crown Prosecution Service, ‘Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide’.

 

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/prolonged-disorders-consciousness-national-clinical-guidelines - Royal College of Physicians, ‘Prolonged disorders of consciousness: national clinical guidelines’.