THE family of a teenager who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome claim she is being forced into treatment against their wishes.
Gregg and Jackie Carr claim that a disagreement over treatment with staff at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, where their daughter Samantha was receiving treatment, resulted in the couple being accused of neglect by social services.
They were visited by the police and ordered to attend a hearing, which resulted in 15-year-old Samantha, who suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), being placed on the child protection register.
Now the family, of Beechfield, Coulby Newham near Middlesbrough, have been told she must attend an appointment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, on Monday whether they like it or not.
Mrs Carr, who has another daughter Lauren, nine, said: "We were never happy about Samantha going to Great Ormond Street but social services said if we didn't follow advice, she would be made a ward of court."
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