THE parents of a toddler who needs surgery to enable her to walk have been told the vital operation is available on the NHS.

This means that the £35,000 already raised by kind-hearted people to send Nicole Vendettuoli abroad can instead be spent on crucial physiotherapy.

Two-year-old Nicole’s parents Candice and Tom have called a halt to fundraising because they have raised enough for what they currently need. Events already planned will still go ahead.

Mrs Vendettuoli, of Oakworth, near Keighley, said the Nicole’s Wish to Walk campaign had so far raised half of the £70,000 originally earmarked for treatment in the USA and follow-up therapy.

She said: “We will need the £35,000, but we don’t want to raise any more for the sake of it.

“Nicole will have six months of intensive physiotherapy. This is really crucial for the operation to work, otherwise it’s pointless."

“Some of the funds we’ve been raising will be for private physio. She will also need all sorts of equipment, like walking frames, splints and a treadmill.”