A Scots mum has warned parents to be aware of the hidden dangers that people with eating disorders face around Christmas time.
08.11.2022 - 07:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A mother is having to “beg” strangers to help pay for potentially life-changing treatment in Mexico - despite it being approved for use on Scotland’s NHS three years ago.
Jade Taylor was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis in February last year. Since then she has gone from being a busy working mother, who spent several nights a week at the gym and enjoyed 17-mile bike rides, to relying on her children, Kaiden, 10 and Jiah, seven, to help care for her.
The type of MS she has is so aggressive the 38-year-old beautician now struggles with daily tasks, is in constant pain and relies on a walking aid to get about. Her only hope of halting the progression is ground-breaking stem cell therapy, which was approved for use by Holyrood in 2019.
It was agreed the NHS in Scotland would fund patients' treatment in England, where it has been available for free for several years. But despite having a 75 percent chance of responding well to treatment, she has been told she does not meet the criteria.
Only certain patients with the relapsing-remitting form of the disease are eligible. It is still not known, however, if any Scottish patients have been referred south of the border for treatment, despite Scotland having the highest rates of the disease in the world.
Miss Taylor, from Culloden, near Inverness, said: “It’s not right. They’ve made it impossible for anyone to meet the criteria because MS affects everyone differently and is so unpredictable. In Mexico they have been offering this for 10 years and it’s available to anyone no matter if they have primary progressive, secondary or relapsing MS.
“Yes, this costs a lot of money, but is it not worth it for me to have a life with my children?”
She explained that her
A Scots mum has warned parents to be aware of the hidden dangers that people with eating disorders face around Christmas time.
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