Doctors can carry out C-section on pregnant woman with mental health difficulties at Doncaster NHS trust without consent, judge rules

Hospital bosses at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust secured a High Court order to treat the woman if necessary.

The Court of Protection heard the woman, who is in her 30s, is heavily pregnant and suffers from schizophrenia and could lose mental capacity during labour.

When mentally capable, the woman said she wanted to give birth by C-section.

Mrs Justice Morgan approved an application by hospital bosses responsible for the woman's care at a hearing in London.

The woman, who cannot be legally identified, currently has the mental capacity to make decisions for herself.

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and RDASH bosses have responsibility for the woman's care and had asked the judge sitting at the Court of Protection to decide what moves were in her best interests.