'It's not fair I'm in this vicious circle - I shouldn't have to pay to ease my incurable condition'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA midwife with more than 40 years of service in the NHS is being forced to pay hundreds of the medication keeping her in work.
The medication for her incurable, life-limiting condition is available for free in Wales and Scotland, but not in England. Annie Taylor-Edwards spent three years struggling to get a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord and lead to serious disability.
When she was finally told she had the condition she says an NHS consultant recommended a medication to ease her symptoms. She then found out the drug was not available on the NHS in England and would cost her £200-a-month privately.
Annie, 61, said the situation was 'insulting', adding: I have an incurable, life-limiting neurological condition, but if I lived a few miles up the road I wouldn't have to spend hundreds.
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