NHS bosses to see Mirror boy Ben Baddeley walk after reader-funded treatment the department refused him – Mirror.co.uk

Health chiefs are to see for themselves the remarkable progress of Mirror boy Ben Baddeley after the treatment that the NHS refused him.

The family of cerebral palsy sufferer Ben, 12, has produced a home video showing him walking down steps and in snow.

And NHS bosses have agreed to meet the Baddeleys at their home tomorrow.

This comes three years after Mirror readers helped to raise 20,000 to privately fund a selective dorsal rhizotomy operation that was cancelled due to Tory cuts in February 2014.

Family, friends, supporters and strangers gave another 25,000 for follow up physiotherapy.

Mum Amy said of the visit: It will be hard for them to sit in this house and not feel what were going through. Im amazed how fast his body has grown.

"This little man is working hard.

The film shows Ben being held by Amy after his 2014 op, contrasted with him playing unaided with brother Josh, eight, recently.

Amy and dad Gary, of Silverdale, Staffs, want the NHS to pay for Bens continuing 1,400-a-month physiotherapy.

North Staffs Clinical Commissioning Group delayed a decision to allow director Cheryl Hardisty to meet the Baddeleys face to face.

You can Ben's Facebook page here and his Gofundme page here .

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