The mother of a baby with a cleft palate says she worries about the long-term damage to her daughter's speech because the pandemic has delayed her surgery
Mrs Wallace worries that the longer her daughter's surgery is delayed, the greater the risk of long-term damage to her speech, which will then require long-term therapy.
"And you're kind of preparing yourself for that first nine months, thinking she's going to have an operation soon and then all of a sudden it's gone and you don't know when that's going to happen," she added. She said:"Are there failings in these theatres? Why is there no contingency? Innocent children could be at risk of a life of speech impediments because the trust have let them down.
The Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust confirmed some of its operating theatres will be closing temporarily.
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