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NHS Trust v S [2021] EWHC 594 (Fam)
Application by hospital trust for declaration that it is lawful and in the best interests of a nine month old baby to withdraw life-sustaining treatment including ventilation

Background
S suffered a severe lack of oxygen and blood supply to his vital organs around the time of his birth, and as a result sustained extensive brain injury (severe perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy). He had remained on the neonatal intensive care unit since then, requiring ventilation and feeding by naso-gastric tube.
The medical evidence (which included an independent report by the Head of Neonatal Services at GOSH commissioned by the parents) was that S had suffered permanent and irreversible brain damage and that there was no prospect of any improvement in his condition. He was unlikely to be able to see or hear, to ever be able to react to anyone or anything, to feed without a naso-gastric tube or a tube passing through the stomac ....

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