Lives ‘will be lost and families torn apart’ if Northern Ireland loses muscle disease advisor
Belfast Telegraph | January 17, 2011 | By Lisa Smyth
A woman with a life-threatening muscle disease has warned lives will be lost if Northern Ireland loses its only specialist care advisor as the NHS struggles to save money.
Northern Ireland will become the only part of the UK without a specialist care advisor for people with degenerative muscle conditions.
Funding runs out for the post at the end of March and so far health bosses have refused to say whether more money will be made available to guarantee the future of the position, which costs the health service just £50,000 a year.
Michaela Hollywood (20) has Spinal Muscular Atrophy and said the specialist care advisor has provided support and assistance during some of the most difficult periods of her life.
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