Alfie Evans: hospital to work with family over toddler's end of life care

A children's hospital caring for a toddler who's been at the centre of alegal battle over his life-support treatmenthave said they'll work with his family to agree the most appropriate care plan.

The European Court of Human Rights have rejected an appeal from the parents of Alfie Evans, after a High Court judge ruled that doctors could stop treating him.

The 22 month old is Alfie is in a "semi-vegetative state" and has a degenerative neurological condition that doctors had not definitively diagnosed.

In a statement the hospital said:

"Today the European Court of Human Rights declared Alfie’s family’s application inadmissible, finding that there was no appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. This signals the end of a very difficult and protracted legal process.

We understand that this decision is very distressing for Alfie’s family. Our priority is now to work with them to agree the most appropriate palliative care plan and we would ask that their privacy is respected at this time."

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