Ashlie Knight is speaking out after 'unplanned consultant absence' at the paediatric gastroenterology service
A mum from Northern Ireland has raised concerns after a referral was not made for her daughter to receive specialist treatment, and for being given a different child's blood test results.
Speaking to Belfast Live, Ashlie said the family's concerns were exacerbated by a "period of unplanned consultant absence" in the paediatric gastroenterology service at the Belfast Trust earlier this year. In a statement, the Trust confirmed the service is now operational again and they are in the process of rescheduling appointments.
Ashlie said her daughter is fed four times a day through a feeding tube, which is still leaving her in extreme pain and causing painful bloating in her stomach. "Then different things happened along the way, someone else from the gastro team told us Emmie’s blood markers were sitting at 300 plus which is up there with sepsis and being really sick.
From June 2023 until Emmie was discharged without a diagnosis in September, Ashlie was told that her daughter was on a referral waiting list for specialist treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. However, after months of waiting, Ashlie reached out to GOSH directly and discovered such a referral had not been made.
A spokesperson for the Belfast Trust said: "The Gastroenterology service in the Children’s Hospital is operational again following a period of unplanned consultant absence. We appreciate the stress and anxiety this has caused and apologise for the impact on patients and their families.
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