Nine-year-old girl first to benefit from life-changing peanut allergy treatment

Sophie Pratt said her family’s lives had changed after her daughter Emily, nine, took part in the Palisade trial

Emily Pratt has taken part in a trial for new peanut allergy treatment. Picture: NHS England

Children with peanut allergies across the country will be the first in Europe to receive life-changing treatment.

NHS England has secured a deal for Palforzia, an oral treatment, which helps to reduce the severity of symptoms including anaphylaxis, after a reaction to peanuts.