A £1.5 million Government fund to pay for prosthetic blades for hundreds of child amputees could be put on a permanent footing, ministers have said.
Caroline Dinenage, a Health minister, announced on Wednesday that the cash had been made available for another two years.
The £1.5 million fund was initially started in September 2016 after campaigning by Sarah Hope, the mother of an amputee, because the National Health Service would not provide activity blades.
So far nearly one in 10 of the country's 2,500 child amputees - 220 children - have been helped by the fund in its first two years of operation.
Now ministers have renewed the commitment, setting aside another £1.5 million for child activity...