LUCIA OSBORNE CROWLEY: Like one-third of British adults, I never learned how to swim as a child, but I needed, in my 30s, to find an exercise that didn t leave me doubled up in pain.
The devastated son of an elderly woman who died slowly from dehydration and malnutrition 28 days after carers stopped giving her food or water has urge don t let this beautiful lady die in vain .
The controversial Liverpool Care Pathway - a series of guidelines that can involve the withdrawal of life-saving treatment from dying patients - was banned in 2014.