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North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5
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North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5

byPriya Vaidya

“Capacity to consent to elective Caesarean section”

 

The case: An application for declarations that R lacked capacity to decide whether or not her unborn baby should be delivered pre-term by elective Caesarean section and that an elective Caesarean section at 34 weeks was in her best interests.

 

 

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