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Natalie Needham with her son Donevan Needham, 4 months. A mum-of-four whose son has a rare condition known as flat head syndrome has said more needs to be done to fund treatment on the NHS. See NTI story NTIFLAT. It comes after she was left having to raise more than £2,000 in eight weeks for specialist treatment. Natalie and David Needham's young son Donevan is just four-and-a-half months old, but has now been fitted with a specialist helmet which is gradually correcting the shape of his skull. He was born with a condition called plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, which was first picked up when he was around eight weeks old. In the majority of cases of flat head syndrome, the skull will naturally correct itself as soon as the baby can hold their neck up and start to move around more, and the pressures on the skull decrease before it fuses together when the child is around two.