the effects from a cyber attack on the uk s nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were affected. good afternoon. we begin with the announcement within the last we begin with the announcement within the last few we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes with we begin with the announcement within the last few minutes with the announcement that archie battersby has died. the royal london hospital was given permission to end his treatment today. archie s parents had fought a long running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment and in recent days made bids to the high court, court of appeal and european court of human rights to have him transferred to a hospice to die. helena wilkinson reports. that success was not granted and life support was withdrawn. this is what his mother had to stay within the last few minutes. i am what his mother h
appeal, the supreme court, the european court of human rights, but judge afterjudge sided in favour of the doctors. but the mother also had very much feeling that she had to do everything she could, everything she felt she needed to do, and she was able to say, despite the outcome, that she felt she had represented the wishes and needs of her son. but, ultimately, the cult came down in favour of the doctors, but the doctors the courts came down in favour of the doctors. they were looking at what was in the best interest of archie so even when it was in the case of the family wanting to move archie to a hospice because they didn t want him to die in the noise and chaos of the hospital, thejudges had to consider whether that was appropriate, and the judge whether that was appropriate, and thejudge in whether that was appropriate, and the judge in that case, late yesterday, decided that actually even moving him a short distance to the hospice would be too dangerous, and possibly might
permission. how his parents must be feeling now is difficult to imagine. let s speak to our correspondent simonjones, who s with me now. it isa it is a heart wrenching story, it has been from the start, from when people learned about this boy being found unconscious and then the hospital saying there was no measurable brain activity without life support, in their view, and then the family of a battle, first to get treatment continued and then to get treatment continued and then to have him transferred to a hospice. nobody ever wins out of these cases. they are rare, but what do you think it illustrates in what the family have been through over the family have been through over the last few months? figs the family have been through over the last few months? the family have been through over the last few months? as you say, it is a very sad the last few months? as you say, it is a very sad story the last few months? as you say, it is a very sad story that the last few months? as
it takes everybody but my time away from being bedside of the person who is dying, for the family, and for the clinicians, it takes them away from the care of that patience and other patients, quite apart from the fact that there are enormous costs involved for everybody. so, anything that we can do to try to avoid things escalating would be worth looking at. of course, there always will be something, some cases that do end up in court, it is not to say it is something to go down that route ever but i do think it may be helpful if we can find a way of intervening early. in helpful if we can find a way of intervening early. helpful if we can find a way of intervening early. in terms of cases of this kind, intervening early. in terms of cases of this kind, although intervening early. in terms of cases of this kind, although we intervening early. in terms of cases of this kind, although we don t i intervening early. in terms of cases | of this kind, although we don t know the fi
family knew this was coming because the life support was turned off at ten o clock this morning, we knew that was going to happen when the courts said they wouldn t intervene late last night, then archie died at around 1215. the family have always said they wanted a fight to give archie a chance, but this was a case that really pitted the family against medical advice because the hospital, theirfirm view against medical advice because the hospital, their firm view was there was no hope, that archie could not survive without the life support, and it was just futile prolonging this. but the family said they wanted hope, they wanted to believe that he could be get better. i think what you see in this is really a family tragedy played out that have already seen, that we have all become a part of, that we have all failed. but i oppose also it isjust looking at this difference between medical advice and sometimes personal opinion and also with medical advice, the doctors go to court, they gi