Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust v KB [2024] EWHC 3292 (Fam)

Death The trust applied for declarations that extubation and palliative care rather than continued ventilation was in the 10-year-old patient's best interests. The application was supported by her children's guardian but opposed by her parents. The judge decided that the patient should undergo a tracheostomy with a view to a return home "to a life lived, for as long as that life may be, within her family by whom she is deeply loved, whose presence has been a constant in her life, in whose presence and from whom I am satisfied she retains an ability to take some pleasure".

Citation

In judgment the applicant is called "Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust".

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This case's neutral citation number appears in the following newsletters:

• 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 151, June 2025)

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Full judgment: BAILII

Subject(s):

• Medical treatment cases🔍

Date: 18 December 2024🔍

Court: High Court (Family Division)🔍

Judge(s):

• Morgan🔍

Parties:

• Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust🔍
• KB🔍
• LB🔍
• Fatima🔍
• NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB🔍

Citation number(s):

• [2024] EWHC 3292 (Fam)^B

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