An MP has slammed the "inappropriate and unduly hasty" way court proceedings were started just weeks after Archie Battersbee's accident and has urged Health Secretary Steve Barclay to discuss the case. Anna Firth, Conservative MP for Southend West, said she wants to raise concerns about the case of the 12-year-old, who died after being at the centre of a High Court life-support treatment fight.
She told the PA news agency that she has asked Mr Barclay if he will meet her and Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, who lives in Southend, Essex. Mrs Firth said she had witnessed the case from start to finish.
“The state process for dealing with the withdrawal of life support for a child where there is a dispute between the parents and the hospital is just not appropriate,” she said. “As a society I think we can do better.”
