The Latest Breaking News from Ellie Musgrove

NHS’ ‘slapdash’ cost-cutting leaving thousands without vital treatment

Exclusive: NHS England cut its funding for pectus surgery in 2019

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Eye’ll Save You: A Woman’s Optician Saved Her Life By Suspecting Her Of Having A Brain Tumor

A woman who thought she needed glasses was shocked when an optician suspected a brain tumor and doctors sent her for emergency surgery 12 hours later – saying if it had been a day later she would have died.

Zenger · Jun 28, 2022

Woman's terrifying diagnosis after visiting opticians with blurred vision

Ellie Musgrove, 21, underwent emergency brain surgery at the Salford Royal Hospital on the same day she visited a Specsavers opticians after a GP prescribed her antibiotics and Ibuprofen

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022

Woman 'grateful' to be alive after eye test led to emergency surgery just 12 hours later

21-year-old Ellie Musgrove would have died if she had delayed the check-up by just a day

Wales Online · Jun 26, 2022

Woman's eye test at Specsavers discovers brain tumour that could kill her in 24 hours

Ellie Musgrove, 21, attended a routine appointment at Specsavers and 12 hours later she was getting ready for emergency surgery after optician Aqeel Mahmood spotted swelling on her optic nerve

Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2022