What happened to Archie Battersbee

His distraught mother Hollie Dance, who had sought to oppose the withdrawal of treatment, said he was “such a beautiful little boy and he fought right until the ...

“When considering the wishes of the family, why those wishes are held, the facilities at the hospice, what Archie is likely to have wanted… The 12-year-old’s parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, who are separated but both from Southend, Essex, had fought a long-running legal battle over the withdrawal of his treatment. “They provided high-quality care with extraordinary compassion over several months in often trying and distressing circumstances. His care team had opted to switch off the life support systems as his organs were beginning to fail and his heart shutting down. he should remain at the hospital when treatment is withdrawn.” His parents had fought a long legal battle against the withdrawal of his life-sustaining treatment and when this failed, they attempted to have him moved to a hospice for his final time, but this was denied by the High Court, Court of Appeal and a last-ditch plea to the European Court of Human Rights was rejected late on Friday.

Archie Battersbee, 12, has died in hospital after weeks of legal battles. | ITV News Anglia.

Mrs Justice Theis rules it is not in Archie’s best interests to be moved to a hospice. At the subsequent hearing, three appeal judges rule that evidence relating to what is in Archie’s best interests should be reconsidered by a different High Court judge. The European Court of Human Rights refuses the last-ditch application. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court, oversees three days of evidence and argument relating to Archie’s treatment. Archie’s family is told his life support will be withdrawn at 10am on Saturday, campaign group Christian Concern says. Archie dies in hospital after weeks of legal battles. The hospital caring for Archie says his treatment is due to be withdrawn on 1 August at 2pm. Archie’s parents say they will ask Court of Appeal judges to overturn Mr Justice Hayden’s decision. A hearing takes place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, lasting late into the evening. The trust will not begin removing life-support until all legal issues have been resolved. The boy is taken to hospital with traumatic head injuries. Archie Battersbee has died in hospital after weeks of legal battles.

The 12-year-old has died after his life support was withdrawn, following a four-month legal fight.

Doctors believe it is “highly likely” that the child is in effect dead and that it is in his best interests to stop life-support treatment. Their application to the ECHR, arguing that the high court’s ruling violated the European convention on human rights, fails. In the family division of the high court, Arbuthnot oversees three days of evidence and argument about Archie’s treatment. Royal London hospital sets a date for Archie’s treatment to be withdrawn, on 1 August at 2pm. He is taken to hospital with traumatic head injuries. Barts Health, the NHS trust in charge of Archie’s care at the Royal London hospital, starts proceedings in the high court to test his brain stem and to withdraw mechanical ventilation.