Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Mary-Ann Wood, 53, he waewae kotahi e rua nga kohatu te taumaha atu i tera atu i muri i te maimoatanga mate pukupuku. Kua kōrerotia e tētahi kuia te mamae o te noho ki tētahi mate hauora e kī ana he nui ake te taumaha o tētahi waewae i tētahi. I tīmata te waewae maui o Mary-Ann Wood ki te pupuhi i muri i te maimoatanga mo te mate pukupuku cervical i te 17 tau ki muri, engari he nui rawa inaianei, tata tonu ki te 3ft te roa o tana poaka. E 53-tau te pakeke, e mate ana ki te lymphoedema, he mate e kore ai e pai te mahi o te tinana. Ko te tikanga kāore te wai e rere tika ana, e waiho ana i a ia he waewae e pupuhi ana. Kāore e taea e Mrs Wood te piko i tōna waewae ināianei, kāore e taea te haere, ā, e ai ki ngā tākuta, kāore e taea e ia te neke i roto i te tekau tau. Ahakoa tēnei, kua whakakahoretia ia ki te pūtea NHS mō tētahi mahi whakahinuhinu ngako hei tango i te wai mai i tōna waewae. I tukuna e ia te tono mā tana tākuta, i whakaae ia ka whai hua ia i te maimoatanga, e utu ana i te NHS £ 11,000. Engari i muri i te aromatawai o tana keehi e tetahi roopu i tana Roopu Whakahaeretanga Haumanu (CCG), i whakakahoretia tana tono na te mea i kii te CCG ko nga taunakitanga mo te whai hua o te tikanga he 'iti'. E kī ana a ia he maha ngā take i hoatu ki a ia he aha e kore ai ia e whiwhi i te maimoatanga, tae atu ki te mea he'maimoatanga whakapaipai'. Ko Mrs Wood, no Midhurst, West Sussex, kua akina ia ki te whakarere i tana mahi ki nga tamariki whai hiahia motuhake i a ia e whawhai tonu ana ki te NHS mo te maimoatanga. I te marama kua hipa, i whakakahoretia ia e te Independent Complaint Advocacy i runga i te take e kore e 'tino motuhake' tana take, e ai ki a ia. Ka mea a Mrs Wood: 'He nui taku waewae, ā, i kī mai te taote ki ahau ko te kōwhiringa anake ko te mahi. 'He maha nga take i whakakahoretia ai ahau - i ki mai anō rātau he "kōhete" tērā. I kī mai hoki ki ahau, kāore au i te "tino motuhake" ki te whiwhi i te mahi. He mea whakarihariha. I tāpiri atu ia: 'I korerotia mai ki ahau ko taku petipeti pai rawa atu mo te whakahaeretanga ko te neke ki tetahi rohe e whakaratohia ana e te NHS - he rota waehere pou. 'Engari e rua aku mokopuna iti kei raro i te huarahi e kore ahau e...
Ko Mary-Ann Wood, 53, he waewae maui e tata ana ki te 3ft te roa. He nui ake te taumaha i te waewae matau, e ōrite ana ki te tamaiti e whā tau te pakeke. He uaua ki te hikoi, ā, e ai ki ngā tākuta ka noho pūmau ia i roto i te tekau tau. He mate lymphoedema - he mate e kohikohi ana te wai i roto i te kiko i roto i nga waewae. Kua whakakahoretia te pūtea NHS mō te tāpiripiri ki te whakaora i te mate. E tautohe ana a Clinical Commissioning Group he 'kore' te taunakitanga mo te maimoatanga