Mothers renew plea for allergy tsar after daughters' deaths
Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay say more needs to be done for allergy sufferers, as their daughters' deaths "were entirely preventable"Two mothers have renewed calls for a government allergy tsar following their daughters' deaths from severe allergic reactions.
In the letter, Mrs Ednan-Laperouse, from Fulham in west London, and Ms Turay, from Wood Green in north London, tell Mr Barclay: "As mothers, we have come together for change so that our tragedies never happen again. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, died in July 2016 following a severe allergic reaction to a baguette sandwich containing sesame.to provide a full ingredients list and allergy labelling on food pre-packaged for direct sale.
They went on to say the tsar could also make sure acute anaphylaxis cases are treated as the most urgent incidents by NHS ambulance services.
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