Without her wheelchair, Kayleigh Tocher is confined to her bed

Kayleigh Tocher, 19, has a ventilator to help her breathe and is unable to move after being treated for tumours on her brain stem and spine as a child.

She is reliant on getting a custom-made wheelchair to get out as her old chair is now too painful to use.

The Craven and Harrogate Trust said she would be assessed by a specialist team.

Miss Tocher said that without her wheelchair to get about she was confined to her bed with limited entertainment in the form of crosswords and daytime television.

"I get very angry sometimes and sometimes I get very depressed because I'm just stuck here," she said.

"I'm nearly 20 now and I want to get out and go places. It's so horrible not being able to just get up and go."

'Hard work'

The trust's director of nursing, Janet Probert, said there was a limit to NHS resources and everybody was competing for them.

"I'm absolutely committed to making sure that people like Kayleigh do get their wheelchairs, but that does mean we have to use the resources available," she said.

"Because of the complexity of Kayleigh's case and the fact that she needs support breathing, and things like that, we recognise that Kayleigh's case will have to go to our specialist wheelchair service.

"We have a clinic for that service every month and they've put Kayleigh's name forward to be assessed in that service in June."

Miss Tocher's mother, Ann Wrightson, said it was upsetting to see her daughter getting no support.