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'It's not fair I'm in this vicious circle - I shouldn't have to pay to ease my incurable condition'

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A 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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