# Case (Death). Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust v JB \[2020\] EWHC 2595 (Fam)

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— The trust applied for a declaration sanctioning the withdrawal of intensive care and effectively confirming the absence of any alternative procedures which might otherwise be thought to be in the 12-year-old patient's best interests.

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