# Case (Death). Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust v KB \[2024\] EWHC 3292 (Fam)

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**Created:** [16 March 2025 16:48 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-death-birmingham-womens-and-childrens-nhs-foundation-trust-v-kb-2024-ewhc-3292-fam/3468 "2025-03-16T16:48:00Z")\
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— The trust applied for declarations that extubation and palliative care rather than continued ventilation was in the 10-year-old patient's best interests. The application was supported by her children's guardian but opposed by her parents. The judge decided that the patient should undergo a tracheostomy with a view to a return home "to a life lived, for as long as that life may be, within her family by whom she is deeply loved, whose presence has been a constant in her life, in whose presence and from whom I am satisfied she retains an ability to take some pleasure".

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Birmingham\_Women%27s\_and\_Children%27s\_NHS\_Foundation\_Trust\_v\_KB\_(2024)\_EWHC\_3292\_(Fam)?id=160325-1648](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Birmingham_Women%27s_and_Children%27s_NHS_Foundation_Trust_v_KB_(2024)_EWHC_3292_(Fam)?id=160325-1648)