the case. On the last day Connie Yates made a statement to the court from the witness box. This statement and GOSH's position statement and press releases of 24 and 27 July make clear the distance that remained between the parents and the hospital medical team. The parents accused GOSH of delaying treatment until it was too late, with the mother complaining that the world-renowned children's hospital had "wasted time" in refusing to allow doctors from abroad to treat her son. The parents later accused the hospital of blocking their 'final wish' for Charlie to be allowed home to die. Charlie's parents wanted to move him to private care and wanted to wait a "week or so" before they ended mechanical ventilation. The hospital objected on the basis that he needed intensive care and that mechanical ventilation should be ended soon. The case returned to the judge on 25 and 26 July. The parents, the hospital and the guardian had explored five different plans and proposals for Charlie's final care and had explored all the various practical and logistic complications. The parties had been unable to reach agreement. The judge then set out by Declaration that the following arrangements be implemented: Charlie shall continue to be treated at GOSH for the period of the Confidential Annexe hereto Charlie shall be transferred to an agreed hospice the details of which are set out in a Confidential Annexe It is lawful for artificial ventilation to be withdrawn after a period set out in the Confidential Annexe Further directions were given to protect the confidentiality of the arrangements and to prevent reporting or publishing any information that would lead to identification. Outcome On 27 July 2017 Charlie was transferred to a hospice and the next day his mother announced at 6:30 pm that he had died. The mechanical ventilator had been withdrawn; he was given morphine to relieve any pain beforehand, and died within minutes. Issues Political and public policy Medical experts criticised interventions by Hirano and others for raising the parents' hopes and for causing delays to the process. Genetics expert Robert Winston said "interferences from the Vatican and from Donald Trump" were "extremely unhelpful and very cruel". Winston added: "This child has been dealt with at a hospital which has huge expertise in mitochondrial disease and is being offered a break in a hospital that has never published anything on this