News & Stories
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Stories
Sophie K's story
Sophie had never been to hospital and thought she was invincible, until meningitis laid her low last December
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Ava H's story
Devastated mother, Hayley Smith of Coventry, lost her beautiful daughter, Ava, just days after she contracted bacterial meningitis in 2014
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Isla's story
Quick-thinking and intuition by new mum, Lyndsey Huntley of Essex, proves that trusting your instincts can save lives
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Eva's story
Eva contracted meningitis on the 24 January 2015 when she was 22 days old, and sadly passed away six days later on 31 January 2015.
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Bethany's story
When her baby girl came down with a soaring temperature, quick-thinking mother, Becky Preece of Shrewsbury, trusted her instincts and phoned for help
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Sam's story
Concerned mother, Natalie Hall, of Essex, immediately took her son, Sam, to see the out-of-hours GP when she noticed a rash on his skin
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Harry F's story
A high pitched cry alerted mother, Claire Fisk, of Prescot, that something was not right with her eight-month-old son, Harry
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Liam R's story
Little Liam Reid, from Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, fell ill at six-weeks-old in November 2005
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Danny's story
Danny, of Houghton Le Spring in Tyne and Wear, is now 11-months-old and the glue of family life, but the brave youngster has had a difficult time of it during his young life so far
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Poppy's story
Heather Douglas, from Dromore in County Down, thought her 20-month-old daughter Poppy had the symptoms of a cold, but an alert GP spotted something more serious and sent the youngster straight to hospital
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Eliza P's story
Tot, Eliza Patrick, of Northampton, spent day’s unconscious in high dependency after contracting meningococcal group W (menW) disease in March this year
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Chantelle's story
Flu-like symptoms were the first sign that one-year-old Chantelle was unwell