Baroness Julia Neuberger, rabbi of West London Synagogue, is to chair the review of the controversial palliative care method known as the Liverpool Care Pathway.
The Liverpool Care Pathway is a checklist for medical professionals to assist patients to a humane and pain-free death, developed over 10 years ago by pain-care specialists in Liverpool.
What was devised as a method to reduce suffering has been termed “backdoor euthanasia” and has caused controversy among religious leaders because of claims that it often leads to an early death.
Baroness Neuberger said she was delighted to be doing the review. She said: “It’s an area of life-long interest.”
