Court considered best interests of infant girl

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent England and Wales High Court case in which a hospital trust sought declarations that it would be lawful and in the best interests of an infant girl for her not to receive invasive or aggressive medical treatment Earlier this year, a hospital NHS Trust brought an application in the Family Division of the High Court seeking declarations that it would be lawful and in the best interests of an infant girl not to receive invasive or aggressive treatments; these included cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mechanical ventilation. The child’s parents were opposed to the declarations…