A former senior Tory MP has slammed health bosses after an eight-year-old boy was denied NHS care because he attends a private school.
Sir Jake Berry, who was Conservative Party Chairman, said the case was ‘absolutely unfair’, ‘outrageous’ and symptomatic of a ‘failing system’.
And he said it ‘may well be the case’ that the public sector has now ‘turned against people who choose to pay for their kids’ education’.
This week, the Mail on Sunday revealed how the boy was unable to access occupational therapy for his hypermobility syndrome because he did not attend a state school.
The former MP for Rossendale and Darwen said he sympathises with the family as he has had to fight for additional help for his own son, who has autism.
