'Ambulance crews are being told not to take patients to hospital if they have been put on controversial ‘death lists’ drawn up by GPs.
Serious concerns were raised last year after it was revealed that thousands had been placed on ‘end-of-life’ care registers so they could be helped to die rather than receive hospital treatment.
Now The Mail on Sunday has learned that ambulance crews responding to 999 calls are being alerted if a patient is on a list, and can refuse to take them to hospital if they have previously expressed a wish to die at home.'
Read more: Ambulance drivers told not to take 'death list' patients to hospital: Patients who tell GPs they want to die at home could be denied vital emergency treatment
