Application for authorisation to fit a colostomy bag to the P to reduce the chance of him developing the life-threatening illness sepsis. The authorisation was given.

The P was suffering from ​​sporadic CJD (a life threatening condition where the P may survive only 6 months) and he and his family wanted to him to undergo  treatment with PRN100, a novel and experimental treatment. The court had to weigh up the risks and benefits of such treatment.

The court agreed that the P could undergo the treatment as it was plainly in his best interests.

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This judgment in long-running proceedings involving the P, a vulnerable young woman, addresses difficult issues concerning her sexual relationships and the covert insertion of a contraceptive device.

P is a young woman with learning disabilities. Concerns arose that, by reason of her learning difficulties, she was vulnerable to sexual exploitation, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). There is evidence that she was sexually assaulted and an expert reported that the police expressed concern that P should not access the community unsupervised as she appeared to be a target for exploitation and was extremely vulnerable.

The court agreed that the P has the capacity to consent to sexual relations and that it was in her best interests for the IUD , which had been inserted some years earlier without her knowledge, to remain in place until the end of its normal ten-year span. However, the court regarded it as imperative that professionals working with P keep this issue under review at all times and start planning now for ways in which further decisions about contraception can be taken in a way that includes P and respects her personal autonomy and human rights.

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Costs were awarded against the LA after a dispute in which the LA alleged the mother had mismanaged the P's funds.