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NHS to fund Ashya King's treatment in Czech Republic

The NHS is to pay for five-year-old brain tumour patient Ashya King's proton beam therapy treatment in the Czech Republic.

His parents Brett and Naghemeh King sparked an international police hunt after they took their son out of Southampton General Hospital and travelled to Prague for the treatment which was not available for him on the NHS.

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Brett King has 'complete confidence' in Prague clinic

Brett King says he has "complete confidence" in the treatment offered at the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague where his five-year-old son Ashya has been transferred for specialist help to fight a brain tumour.

Speaking to ITV News while touring the centre and meeting doctors to discuss treatment options, Mr King said he believed the treatment would give Ashya the best chance of a full recovery.

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