Asthmatic boy, 5, left with no GP for months

Ashley said she had been unable to get her son's prescription inhalers from a GP

The mother of an asthmatic five-year-old boy said who was without a GP for five months after a house move has said she felt like her fears for him had been "completely dismissed".

Ashleigh Mason moved to Oakenclough in Wyre in May of this year with her boy Theo and partner Jack Robinson.

Both Ashleigh and Theo had previously been registered at Garstang Medical Practice when living in Barton - about five miles from the GP surgery - but were struck off when they moved to Oakenclough, which was nearer to the practice.

The 26-year-old said the GP surgery - which had said she was out of its boundaries - had added her son back onto its list since she got in touch with the BBC to highlight her case.

It was only when the mum-of-one tried to collect her son's inhalers from Garstang Medical Practice a few months after moving that she discovered she and her son had both been removed from the patient list.

In correspondence seen by the BBC, Ashleigh was told by Garstang Medical Practice that her family no longer lived within the practice boundaries and it would be "unsafe" for her to attend out of hours appointments or receive home visits.

Ashley, here with partner Jack, said she needed prescriptions for her boy but had no GP to get them from

It was only when the mum-of-one tried to collect her son's inhalers from Garstang Medical Practice a few months after moving that she discovered she and her son had both been removed from the patient list.

In correspondence seen by the BBC, Ashleigh was told by Garstang Medical Practice that her family no longer lived within the practice boundaries and it would be "unsafe" for her to attend out of hours appointments or receive home visits.

A surgery employee also mentioned a "significantly increasing" practice list as a result of new homes being built in the area.

She was then unable to register with other surgeries.

"My son has been on a nebuliser since he was one," Ashleigh said.

"When he wakes up in the middle of the night he coughs that much to clear his airways, it makes him throw up.

"The minute the seasons change or he gets a winter cold, he could be hospitalised. We feel completely fobbed off.

"I get that there are boundary lines. If I was behind the desk there I would be fighting for them too. But my son has been with them his whole life. I don't know what to do."

She said with Theo needing a repeat prescription for his inhaler, she contacted Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

It sorted the prescription but warned her the next would have to come from a GP.

Ahead of the practice reversing its decision, spokesperson for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board told the BBC that "everyone should have access to primary care and we are sorry to hear about this patient's difficulty".

The spokesman said the issue was being "looked into".