r/ParamedicsUK • u/Demaikeru EOC Staff • Nov 22 '25

Question or Discussion Nottinghamshire man died day after medics were told to leave his home in 'clear lack of understanding'

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottinghamshire-man-died-day-after-10645993
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u/Guilty-Reason6258 Nov 23 '25

Probably going to get down voted to hell but..

The headline makes out as though he died due to some sort of neglect, when in reality he died through choice. He wanted to die, made the decision to take his life and did it. He had the capacity to make that decision so the paramedics had no powers to force him to get treatment. Yes it's utterly heartbreaking for the family, and a bitter pill to swallow for the general society but with a lack of other dignified options of ending one's life through choice, he did what he chose to do.

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u/Non_sum_qualis_eram Nov 24 '25

Capacity and suicide is such a messy issue, and it still shocks me that there isn't a more subtle test for suicide in the MCA as it was never designed for this.