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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jack Clover

Families forced to raise money to treat kids with brain cancer abroad as NHS can't help

Distraught families of brain tumour victims are having to raise vast sums for treatment abroad due to broken Tory pledges.

Faced with emotional turmoil, many are being pushed to – and beyond – the financial brink after promises of extra research funding failed to materialise.

One family alone has raised a third of a million pounds to get treatment overseas because it is not available here.

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