In a statement to the BBC, the Belfast Trust said that they had "established a care pathway" and hoped to be able to distribute the drug shortly.

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Providing good end of life care - as the Liverpool Care Pathway is designed to do - is no different.

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It comes after some patients were placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway - designed to relieve suffering - without their relatives' knowledge.

BBC: Liverpool Care Pathway: Relatives 'must be informed'

Mrs Weaver, 78, does not know if her husband agreed to be put on the care pathway, under which doctors can stop treatment for terminally ill patients.

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Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme, Norman Lamb announced he had called a meeting of doctors and patients to discuss worries about the Liverpool Care Pathway - which can see water and food withdrawn.

BBC: Liverpool Care Pathway: For and against

The World at One's reporter Becky Milligan met with two people to hear about their very different experiences of the Liverpool Care Pathway.

BBC: Liverpool Care Pathway: For and against

Steven Pine, whose father also died on the Liverpool Care Pathway, described his view that it was the right way for his father to die.

BBC: Liverpool Care Pathway: For and against

He apologised and wrote to the patient insisting the image was taken with the best intentions regarding her "care pathway", the hearing was told.

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The Liverpool Care Pathway was developed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the city's Marie Curie hospice to relieve suffering in dying patients, setting out principles for their treatment in their final days and hours.

BBC: Liverpool Care Pathway: Relatives 'must be informed'