NHS refusing treatment to child who attends private school.

This.

This. It’s just an excuse to complain about VAT on private schools.
The school needs to pay to commission OT services if that’s what’s needed. The OTs can’t go into a school that’s they aren’t commissioned to because they aren’t paid for that.

Of course it’s not a non-story! This sort of thing really enrages me. I send one of my kids to private school as the state schools were totally unable to prevent this child getting beaten up by a classmate. They had to call me while I was at work on more than one occasion to pick my child up from school as the violent child had had a bad day and the school were concerned about the beating my child was likely to get on the way home. They fully suggested if we have the funds we send our child to private school as they could not discipline this child or permanently exclude them. So we did. We didn’t really want to but we had no choice as we were sick trying to get the local authority to see sense. We are far from the only parents in our child’s state school to be privately educating for these reasons. Children are getting seriously harmed up and down the land in classrooms.

For taking our child out of state schools we have to pay VAT, and now for our child’s healthcare? This is insane. The financial cost for us of having a child who is the victim of a bully is vast.

I love the irony of the mother claiming there's a "two tier system" given that's exactly what private v state education is. If you take a child out of state education there are pluses and minuses, you can't cherry pick the best of both worlds. If you want state school healthcare you have to accept the lower standard of education that state schools provide.

I cannot imagine anyone reading that article and believing it to be an accurate account of what happened.

I don't think it is actually as the headline states
I think the provision is in a State school and as the child does not attend he can't go.
I was chucked out of my Saturday Morning dance class when I hit 11 and went to a Private Secondary. No idea why as it wasn't held at a school.
I had been going for 4 years. still stings many years later

The headline is misleading. It’s not about the NHS refusing treatment solely because he goes to a private school. It’s a service offered by the local authority for children in their schools. If a child is not in a state school, then they can’t access the service funded by the local authority. You can’t pick and choose which service you want to benefit from.

It is a commissioned service which is funded through budgets attached to state schools. I am sure the NHS will be happy to provide the same service to private schools when they pay for it. The NHS happily provides services to private sector employers when the commision and pay for them - this is not different. Total non-story.

Was there not a thread here last week from a parent stating the same? Tried to find it as it was a good discussion. Perhaps someone else will remember.

The occupational therapists visit state schools, nothing wrong with that, it’s part of the services state schools provide. If you choose a private school then you can’t access the school service because it’s private.

I can tell you that most state educated children will not have access to OT unless it's listed in their EHCP. Hth

It would be if that's what was happening.

“Occupational therapy services are available to all school-age children who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) either through the NHS or the local authority. For children without an EHCP, advice may be available through existing NHS services provided in state school.”

There's some nuance to this.