{"id":771637,"date":"2026-09-15T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771637\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:48:12","slug":"stroud-woman-with-jaw-condition-says-nhs-is-leaving-her-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771637\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroud woman with jaw condition says NHS is &#8216;leaving her to die&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: &#8220;We are sorry to hear that Ms Smith continues to experience ongoing pain and the impact this is having on her quality of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ms Smith&#8217;s case continues to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;She has been seen by a number of consultants and has undergone investigations as part of ongoing efforts to better understand and address the symptoms of what is a complex clinical picture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are aware that Ms Smith has raised concerns about aspects of her care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We continue to investigate the issues raised through our formal complaints process and  will continue to work with Ms Smith to address her concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Smith said she was hoping to raise \u00a395,000 for a private bilateral jaw replacement &#8211; a surgery that involves replacing the joints between the lower jaw and the base of the skull.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said the surgery &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t make the pain in my whole body go away but it would mean I could finally eat and chew again, and it would mean the world to me&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: &#8220;We are sorry to hear that Ms Smith continues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}