Midwife pays for her own MS drugs to carry on job
Manchester Evening News|February 29, 2024
A MIDWIFE with more than 40 years’ service in the NHS is being forced to pay hundreds for the medication keeping her in work.
HELENA VESTY
Midwife pays for her own MS drugs to carry on job

The treatment for her incurable, life-limiting condition is available for free in Wales and Scotland, but not in England.

Annie Taylor-Edwards spent three years struggling to get a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord and lead to serious disability. When she was finally told she had the condition she says an NHS consultant recommended a medication to ease her symptoms.

She then found out the drug was not available on the NHS in England and would cost her £200-a-month privately.

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