Extract from Ten Minute Rule motion on Children (Access to Treatment) - Mar 18

Thursday, 19 March 2020 07:30

Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab):...In another case in 2014, Ashya King, a young boy with a brain tumour was taken abroad, contrary to the wishes of the local trust, for proton beam therapy, which at the time was not available in the UK. Ashya’s parents were arrested in Spain for not acting in his best interests, but the High Court later ruled that he could receive the proton beam therapy in Prague. Following the therapy, which is now available in the UK, an MRI...Request free trial