Lancashire and a unit specializing in the care of Huntington's disease

Have been closed and a specialized unit that serves people with Huntingdon's disease.

Founded explicit Gardham House, run by the Welfare Foundation NHS Trust in Lancashire, in 1994 for the treatment of patients with hereditary degenerative and irreversible central nervous system.

Group within the Association Park, Goosnargh, eight-bed unit and one of the only centers of its kind in the country.

However, funding was withdrawn by the Lancashire five primary care trusts after being incomplete and said it.

And health leaders said that patients who receive treatment in the now, and cheaper bed private nursing home or independent.

Huntington's disease (HD), which have affected the famous American singer Woody Guthrie, and causes involuntary movements, emotional disturbances and dementia impaired physical, mental and progressive. There is no cure.

Phil B of the Friends of Charity Frank Gardham House, said he had been helping patients' families to find child care in nursing homes.

But he warned: "The closure of Frank Gardham house and remove the service and specialized services seems to be cut as it will leave a big gap in the provision of care for NHS patients with Huntington's disease."

Foot beds home to assess people in the early stages of the disease and six beds for continuing care.

He said that the care of Lancashire, on average over the last year only served as an assessment of the family and only two of the six families were in use.

A spokesman for Lancashire Care: "Trust and its partners, the PCT has been reviewing the service due to a decrease in the number of admissions to the unit and arrange the most appropriate care available in the community and the role of nursing Specialized.

"As a result, the number of patients occupying a bed in the unit reduced to two.

"After the battle with Huntington's disease community and family, and identified the positions of trust are more appropriate for these people to receive the sustained attention they need, with funding from the chlorine in the specialty of the house is the most close to their families or the sponsor. "

A new HD nursing staff based on Ribbleton hospital to work with these houses, and provide community service, and a group of service providers and a new high-definition support an external consultant, led the United States.