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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Martyn Halle & Nicola Small

Boy, 3, kept alive by breathing tube died after NHS budget cuts reduced his care

A three-year-old boy died from neglect after NHS bosses failed to provide a home care package agreed by doctors.

The damning verdict against local health service chiefs came at an ­inquest into the death of much-loved Asher Sinclair. And the coroner has now issued a notice demanding change from the NHS to stop more children dying.

Asher’s heartbroken mum Helen said hospital doctors had warned them to expect cost-cutting local NHS bosses to “water down” his care package. She said: “His life was not brought to its end by his health but by a failure of care, that’s what’s so distressing.”

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