Disabled boy's walking frame is seized by NHS

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Disabled boy's walking frame is seized by NHS

Postby annie » 30 Mar 2014, 08:46

Disabled boy's walking frame is seized by NHS after learning that he and his family were moving home

Oxfordshire four-year-old needs walking aid due to cerebral palsy
But health worker remove his frame after finding out he was moving north
Mother Danielle feared the episode would knock his confidence
NHS apologises and insists it is retraining staff after the blunder


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Re: Disabled boy's walking frame is seized by NHS

Postby Rosalind » 30 Mar 2014, 08:55

What an awful thing to happen, they would have enough stress with moving, without a health worker coming and removing the boy's frame.
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Postby maureenho » 30 Mar 2014, 09:50

That is so cruel and thoughtless of the NHS.
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Re: Disabled boy's walking frame is seized by NHS

Postby wendy » 30 Mar 2014, 10:04

I wonder how they felt when they took it away.
It is terrible to  read
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