Judgment concerning medical treatment for HX, a woman in her late 40's who now has brain damage following a cardiac arrest. HX lives with her son CX. She had heart problems before the cardiac arrest but had not fully engaged with treatment, perhaps as a result of her Borderline/Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. She collapsed with chest pain in July 2024 and was admitted to hospital where she has been since. She was diagnosed with severe, global, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and tests found that HX had minimal brain function which, if she were to survive, would lead to a quality of life she would not be happy with.
Mr Justice Cusworth had to decide whether it is not in HX’s best interests, for her to continue to receive Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration [CANH], and whether it is in HX’s best interests for her to be treated in accordance with the Trust’s draft Palliative Care Plan. CX did not support the application. After reviewing the relevant case law, he examines HX's wishes but could not discern any clear evidence on that matter. Given there is little or no prospect of returning to any form of enjoyable life, he grants the application. Read the judgment on the National Archive Comments are closed.
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