DIY SOS help means teen can finally leave hospital

Daniel needs hoists and help with all aspects of his personal care

Efforts by the BBC's DIY SOS to help a severely disabled teenager finally return home to his family after three years in hospital get underway later.

Daniel Flemen had a life-saving operation to remove a brain tumour when he was 13, but it left him needing round-the clock ventilation in hospital in Manchester.

The DIY SOS team plan to make adaptions to his home in Freckleton in Lancashire so Daniel, who is slowly recovering, can be reunited with his family.

His father Nigel Flemen said his son had "not stopped smiling" since he heard that Nick Knowles and his team are coming to help him move back home.

The DIY SOS team are set to start work in Freckleton

DIY SOS is a long-running TV series that features a team of builders and volunteers coming together to help families in need by renovating their homes.

Daniel father said welcoming his son home would "mean the world" to the family, which has been travelling to and from Manchester for years.

Daniel, now 16, went to a GP in October 2022 with flu-like symptoms and a sore throat, and he was later sent to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for tests, including a CT scan.

The family were told Daniel had a mass on his brain that was probably a tumour, a diagnosis that was later confirmed at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

He had a stroke during a 12-hour emergency operation to save his life, which left him unresponsive and in intensive care for three months.

Daniel Flemen has lived in hospital for nearly three years

Mr Flemen said the DIY SOS team will have a "huge job" converting the house for his return.

He said: "Extensions are required, more accommodation for the family, landscaping to make the drive, the front and the rear of the house accessible.