Baker J pointed out that ‘there is a spectrum of minimal consciousness extending from patients who are only just above the vegetative state to those who are bordering on full consciousness.’
Orse W (by her litigation friend, B) v M (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and S and A NHS Primary Care Trust
Baker J
(2011) 122 BMLR 67, [2011] EWHC 2443 (COP), [2011] EWCOP 2443, (2011) 14 CCL Rep 689, [2012] 1 FLR 495, [2012] 1 FCR 1, [2012] 1 All ER 1313, [2012] COPLR 222, [2011] Med LR 584, [2012] 1 WLR 1653, [2012] PTSR 1040, [2011] Fam Law 1330
Bailii, Bailii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James SC 30-Oct-2013
The hospital where a gravely ill man had been treated had asked for a declaration that it would be in his best interests to withhold certain life-sustaining treatments from him. When can it be in the best interests of a living patient to withhold . .
Cited – N v ACCG and Others SC 22-Mar-2017
The local authority and a young man’s parents disputed his continued care, he having substantial incapacities. The parents wanted assistance caring for him on visits home. The LA declined to fund that support. The LA now argued that the CoP had not . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 05 September 2021; Ref: scu.449752
