Partially blind woman is no longer eligible for a free NHS service
- 5 years ago
A partially blind woman who can barely walk is no longer eligible for a free NHS service to take her to hospital appointments - because she is "too healthy".
Pamela Midgley, 61, has up to three check-ups a month at different hospitals as she battles a degenerative eye disease, chronic arthritis, asthma and ulcers. The legal bookkeeper, who was forced to give up work when she started losing her sight five years ago, has also been diagnosed with clinical depression. Over the last two years she has been collected from her warden-assisted flat in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, by a free NHS transport service. The non-emergency ambulance has taken her to three hospitals around the Midlands for her appointments before ferrying her back home.
Pamela Midgley, 61, has up to three check-ups a month at different hospitals as she battles a degenerative eye disease, chronic arthritis, asthma and ulcers. The legal bookkeeper, who was forced to give up work when she started losing her sight five years ago, has also been diagnosed with clinical depression. Over the last two years she has been collected from her warden-assisted flat in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, by a free NHS transport service. The non-emergency ambulance has taken her to three hospitals around the Midlands for her appointments before ferrying her back home.