A 'crucial step' for Lyla's Law campaign

HULL DAD TO MEET WITH THE HEALTH SECRETARY

- By ANDREW SPENCE

THE Government's Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has pledged to speak with the father of Lyla Story, a two-year-old girl from Hull who sadly died from undiagnosed type 1 diabetes last year.

Lyla’s father, John, is campaigning for every child with symptoms of the condition to be given a simple, potentially, lifesaving test.

On May 3, 2025, Lyla tragically died in her sleep just 16 hours after being diagnosed with tonsillitis by a GP. However, Lyla's cause of death was undiagnosed type 1 diabetes, which led to acute diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a gastrointestinal bleed.