BARROW'S MP has sounded the alarm in Parliament over an issue he says girls in the area are increasingly facing.

Simon Fell spoke out in the House of Commons after he said a number of mothers in the area had raised the issue of their daughters getting chronic urinary tract infections.

The MP said mothers at his constituency surgeries were bemoaning a lack of treatment for the persistent ailment.

The health minister Andrew Stephenson said he would be open to meeting the Furness MP to discuss the problem.

Mr Fell said: "I see increasing numbers of women coming to my constituency surgeries about chronic urinary tract infections, not for themselves but for their daughters.

"Unfortunately there seems to be no treatment pathway for chronic UTIs among girls.

"Does my right honourable Friend have any thoughts about that, and would he agree to meet me to discuss the issue further?"

Responding Mr Stephenson: "I would be very happy to meet my honourable Friend to discuss the issue."

According to the NHS, UTIs are more common in females than males.

Health chiefs say a 'small number' of children have recurring UTIs.