In the light of the dispute
as to Charlie's future treatment the NHS Foundation Trust for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where Charlie has been an in - patient since October 2016, issued an application in the Family Division of the High Court on 24 February 2017 seeking a declaration that it was lawful and in Charlie's best interests for
artificial ventilation to be withdrawn and for his treating clinicians to provide only palliative care for him.