Order made on urgent application by the NHS Trust, supported by the clear evidence of a consultant obstetrician and the patient’s own treating consultant psychiatrist, seeking a declaration and order that it would be in the medical best interests of this seriously mentally ill and incapacitated patient, who had undergone two previous elective caesarean sections, to have this birth, the due date of which was imminent (she was 39 weeks pregnant), in the same manner.
Judges:
Mostyn J
Citations:
[2013] EWHC 4378 (COP), [2013] EWCOP 4378, [2012] EWCOP 4378
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health Professions, Health
Updated: 22 August 2022; Ref: scu.518975
