A lack of treatment options for babies with tongue tie in Gateshead means parents are having to travel or go private.
Councillors expressed dismay at the lack of services available for babies suffering from the condition at a families overview and scrutiny committee on Thursday 16 June. Tongue-tie, also known as ankyloglossia, is described in council documents as “a congenital abnormality which is characterised as an abnormally short lingual frenulum which can cause restriction of tongue movement.
“The condition may be mild or severe and careful assessment of the degree of tongue-tie must take place in addition to a full feeding history to determine whether the tongue-tie may cause feeding issues”.
