— The court application was left so late that there was only one "option" left which the clinicians were willing to accept (palliative care in the hospital) so the judge refused to make a best interests decision. The trust instead sought a declaration under the inherent jurisdiction, it seemed to the judge only to provide legal top cover as the treatment would be the same regardless of the court's decision, so the judge refused to make that order either.
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Re_AA_(Withdrawal_of_life-sustaining_treatment:_No_best_interests_decision)_(2024)_EWCOP_39_(T3)?id=141024-1255