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Applications regarding medical treatment for LE who needs surgery on gangrenous fingers after complications from a heart attack.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v AB & Ors [2025] EWCOP 45 (T3)1/1/2026
Best interests decision regarding whether AB should have a new PEG tube fitted where his deputy, and mother, was unsupportive of the plans. AB, who is 30, has severe disabilities since birth and requires full time care. EF was appointed personal welfare deputy in 2022. He had a PG tube inserted in 2016 to help his feeding but it has not been changed since and it now appears to be leaking requiring medical intervention to insert a new one. The relationship between the applicant trust and EF has become strained, with EF making allegations over poor care, and she initially opposed the plans.
After reviewing the evidence, Williams J concludes that it is in AB's best interests to undergo the treatment as while "his admission is not urgent, it is absolutely necessary" At [76] he also notes the injunctive orders sought, which will enable the decision to be put into effect if EF does not co-operate, "are rare and draconian [and] – should be wholly unnecessary were EF to have demonstrated a more objective approach." Read the judgment on Bailii Reasons given for best interests decision that NT should undergo a medical process to treat his possible bladder cancer.
Best interest decision concerning whether an 18 year old should have surgery to correct curvature of his spine.
Best interests decision regarding DT and whether she should be moved to another country for the purpose of brain stem tests to determine whether she is dead.
Application by Trust to withdraw nutrition for a patient who had been in a PDOC since October 2024 following a bleed on the brain and who had long upheld complementary medicines such as Reiki.
Application by members of Patricia's family to lift orders preventing nasogastric feeding by hospital staff where Patricia has a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and a BMI of 9.
Judgment concerning medical treatment for MN, who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and whether he has capacity to make decisions about treatment for suspected cancer.
Ex tempore judgment following an application by the Trust to stop using restraint to provide nutrition to FF, who has a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
Judgment concerning an urgent capacity assessment for AB, a 17 year old refusing nutrition.
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