{"id":92279,"date":"2026-07-25T17:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92279"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:34:15","slug":"nhs-trust-accused-of-acting-like-the-mafia-after-ending-fathers-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/nhs-trust-accused-of-acting-like-the-mafia-after-ending-fathers-life-support\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS trust accused of &#8216;acting like the mafia&#8217; after ending father&#8217;s life-support"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA28FUbt.img?w=768&h=480&m=6&x=288&y=137&s=501&d=149\" alt=\"Barnor\u2019s widow Olive Barnor (left) and daughter Lesley Barnor Townsend\" width=\"675\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A grieving family has accused an\u00a0<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/telegraph.co.uk\/nhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">NHS<\/a> trust of acting \u201clike the mafia\u201d ahead of a Supreme Court battle over life-support patients\u2019 rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/nhs-trust-accused-of-acting-like-the-mafia-after-ending-father-s-life-support\/ar-AA28FWSE?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a64f2bc36404f5a9d5c7c4393a4c1f5&ei=29\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A grieving family has accused an\u00a0NHS trust of acting \u201clike the mafia\u201d ahead of a Supreme Court battle over life-support patients\u2019 rights&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Robert-Banor.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92281,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92279\/revisions\/92281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}