NHS bosses may have ‘indirectly discriminated’ against a boy by denying him treatment because he went to private school, a barrister has said.
Daniel ShenSmith, a practising lawyer and internet personality, said such a move would be ‘unethical’ and could breach the Equality Act 2010.
It comes after the Mail on Sunday revealed the boy, eight, was denied occupational therapy for this hypermobility syndrome because he is not state-educated.
The website of his local NHS Trust, in west London, confirms ‘referral criteria’ limits the service to children attending a ‘state-maintained Richmond school’.
On his YouTube channel, Mr ShenSmith explained that such a policy would be potentially ‘indirectly discriminatory’ because it puts some people with a disability at a disadvantage.
