Child—Welfare

Following the removal of his brain tumour, the parents of A, a boy aged five, disputed the hospital’s proposed further treatment. They, before removing him to Spain, proposed therapy generally unavailable in the UK and A’s referral to a facility in Prague. On the local authority’s application, the judge made A a ward of the court and ordered a further hearing. Following receipt of further information, the Family Division held that there was no reason to stand in the way of the parents’ proposal. Both proposed courses were reasonable and it was the parents who bore the heavy responsibility of making a decision.