“A
plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an
accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it ‘cancelled
four times’. Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since
falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being
denied incapacity benefit. The father-of-three today hit out at the NHS
for the ‘unacceptable delays’, but East and North Hertfordshire NHS
Trust said Mr Eeles had his operation cancelled on ‘only’ two occasions
on clinical safety grounds. His left arm has hung limply by his side
since he fractured the humerus bone in December 2008. Mr Eeles, from
Welham Green, Hertfordshire, applied for employment and support
allowance but a doctor ruled he is ineligible for both because he can
turn on a tap.
