NHS withdraws offer to fund surgery which could help girl, 10, to walk

Posted: Published on March 4th, 2014

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Sophie Sharman has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk unaided She was offered surgery on the NHS which could have helped her walk The offer was then withdrawn because of budget cuts within the NHS Her mother, Natalie Rider, says the offer would not have been withdrawn if Sophie had not missed one of her pre-surgery hospital appointments She only missed it because her mother was rushed to hospital for surgery Ms Rider is now appealing the decision but if this fails she will have to raise 30,000 to pay for the operation herself

By Emma Innes

PUBLISHED: 06:27 EST, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:08 EST, 3 March 2014

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A mother has spoken of her devastation after the NHS withdrew funding for an operation which could help her daughter walk for the first time.

Sophie Sharman, 10, from Bedworth, Warwickshire, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was just eight weeks old and has never been able to walk unaided.

She was due to undergo a potentially life-changing procedure called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Sophie Sharman (pictured with her mother, Natalie), 10, has cerebral palsy and needs surgery to allow her to walk. She was offered the operation on the NHS but the offer was withdrawn because of budget cuts

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