His mum and dad hoped to overturn a judge's decision for Archie not to be moved from hospital
Archie Battersbee’s parents have been refused permission to challenge a High Court ruling which denied their request for the 12-year-old to be moved to a hospice. The family had hoped to overturn the decision by Mrs Justice Theis, who found it was not in Archie’s best interest for him to be moved out of hospital.
The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mum Hollie Dance in April, and is currently being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments, at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London. But, in a ruling this morning, Mrs Justice Theis concluded it was not in Archie's best interests to be moved. The judge said: "Archie's best interests must remain at the core of any conclusions reached by this court.
"The parents in the email from their solicitors on August 2 confirmed, in principle, their willingness to co-operate in these arrangements." Following the ruling, Ms Dance said: "All our wishes as a family have been denied by the authorities. We are broken, but we are keeping going, because we love Archie and refuse to give up on him."
Archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious at his Essex home on April 7. Ms Dance believes he was taking part in an online challenge at the time he became ill. He has not regained consciousness since.
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