Scoliosis waiting lists ‘an exercise in manipulation’

The father of a girl with medical conditions so complex that she can only express her pain through tears said the Government’s scoliosis action plan is an abject failure.

So desperate are Aaron Daly and his wife Joan to access treatment for 12-year-old Sophia McGuinness that Joan drove to Crumlin Children’s Hospital on Monday with pictures of her daughter, hoping the sight of her frail frame would galvanise the hospital into action.