NHS denies boy cancer scans

Jun 6 2007 by Frank Corless, Liverpool Daily Post

THE family of an 11-year-old Wirral youngster who has an extremely rare and aggressive cancer have claimed that he is being denied potentially life-saving scans costing £780.

Nathaniel Fletcher, from Moreton, was diagnosed with clear cell sarcoma on his neck. He has had two operations and six weeks of radiotherapy.

Consultants at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital told his parents, Gill, 35, and Chris, 38, there is an 80% chance of the cancer returning, but his parents say the NHS refused to do full body scans. The couple are now trying to raise cash to pay for the scans themselves.

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