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“Anna has suffered with Long Covid since March 2020 and for almost four years, we have tirelessly navigated and exhausted all avenues within NHS Grampian. It is regrettable that pursuing legal action seems to be the only viable option to progress and secure the healthcare that Anna urgently requires and rightfully deserves. NHS Grampian has neglected to uphold Anna’s right to the best possible health, as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Article 24.

Helen Goss claims NHS Grampian has not provided the care her 11-year-old daughter Anna requires.
Ms Goss has sought private treatment for Anna which she said “should and could” have been provided by NHS Grampian. In her statement, she added: “Despite repeated requests to the health board, the necessary treatment and care were consistently denied.
Ms Goss also called for improved clinical protocols for children and young people with long Covid by implementing comprehensive training and upskilling initiatives for paediatric clinicians to safeguard other families from enduring the challenges they have faced.

Sky News also report on the Legal Action against NHS Grampian. The action - led by Thompsons Solicitors Scotland - claims medical negligence towards the schoolgirl, who has suffered from long COVID since March 2020.
NHS Grampian said it could not comment on individual patient cases.
Anna has been unable to return to school, needs the use of a wheelchair, and is often confined to her bed.

A Scots mum is taking legal action against a health board over her daughter's long Covid treatment in what is thought to be the first case regarding the condition of its kind in Scotland.
Anna has been unable to return to school, needs to use a wheelchair and is often confined to her bed.
In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, Ms Goss said her family have “tirelessly, navigated and exhausted all avenues within NHS Grampian”.

The mother of a schoolgirl whose life has been "devastated" by long Covid is suing NHS Grampian for medical negligence in a landmark legal action.
Helen Goss, from Westhill in Aberdeenshire, is seeking damages from the health board for causing "harm and trauma" to her 11-year-old daughter, Anna Hendy, as a result of "repeated" failures to provide the "necessary care and treatment".
Ms Goss, who is chief operating officer and Scotland Lead for the Long Covid Kids charity, says her family have been forced to incur "substantial expenses" paying for private treatment which "should and could have been provided by NHS Grampian".