EXCLUSIVE: Wes Streeting admits 'it's hard to look SMA parents like Jesy Nelson in the eye'

Teona Gherasim

Wes Streeting has told how he struggles to look parents like Jesy Nelson in the eye over the lack of newborn screening for a devastating muscle wasting disease. The former Little Mix singer and the Mirror are calling for a check for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to be added to the NHS heel prick test. Currently babies are only diagnosed once irreversible muscle deterioration has occurred leaving many in a wheelchair for life. Health Secretary Mr Streeting said he has asked the UK National