'I've paid nearly £40k for gastroparesis care after NHS said they can't treat me'

A woman living with gastroparesis has been forced to spend nearly £40,000 on private healthcare and eat through a tube after the NHS said they couldn't treat her.

Jessie Sharp, 29, was diagnosed with the "debilitating" condition in November 2022 after years of bloating and vomiting after she ate.

Gastroparesis is where food passes through the stomach slower than it should, resulting in a number of symptoms including sickness, weight loss and bloating pain.

Jessie can "barely get out of bed" every day and is in a "constant state of tiredness and exhaustion."

Because she can't keep her food down, Jessie has to eat through a feeding tube and with added bowel problems is forced to take laxatives to create room in intestines and her bowels.