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Victory for Mail on Sunday as NHS U-turns on tutor ban for private pupils

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The Mail on Sunday reports that public bodies accused of discrimination against children from private schools have reversed their policies after the newspaper's exposés. One case involved an NHS trust charging £115 per hour for hospital tuition fees for privately educated sick children, while state school pupils received free tuition. Another instance saw a London NHS trust refusing to treat an eight-year-old boy because he attended a private school; this policy has since been overturned. The newspaper's investigation also prompted changes in Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, which previously only offered free tutoring to state school patients while charging others.

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The Mail on Sunday reported that London NHS trusts were charging parents with children in private schools up to £115 an hour for hospital-based tuition, while state school pupils received free tutoring. Following the exposé by The Mail on Sunday, these policies have been reversed. In one instance, a London NHS trust had refused treatment to an eight-year-old boy solely because he attended a private school; this discriminatory policy was also overturned after public outcry triggered by the article's publication. Additionally, the newspaper highlighted similar discrimination at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, where only state school children received free tuition while those from fee-paying schools were charged. These reversals have been praised by affected parents who thanked The Mail on Sunday for its campaigning efforts against what they viewed as unfair treatment based on a child’s educational background.

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MoS ORG · 3× Finn PERSON · 2× Labour ORG · 2× London GPE · 2× NHS ORG · 2× The Mail on Sunday ORG · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Edinburgh GPE · 1× Edinburgh City Council ORG · 1× the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People ORG · 1×

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Public bodies accused of 'morally indefensible' and 'politically motivated' discrimination against privately educated children have backed down after they were exposed by The Mail on Sunday.

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🔮 His school, George Watson's College, could not send in a teacher because of strict infection-control rules.

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Victory for Mail on Sunday as NHS U-turns on tutor ban for private pupils · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

they → see → Sunday

Our revelations sparked widespread anger at what was likened to ideologically driven class warfare. asserted

what → spark → warfare

In the first case, parents were charged £115-an-hour hospital tuition fees for their sick children because they attended private schools while state school patients received free tuition. asserted

patients → charge → tuition

The policy was overturned last week following the MoS exposé and parents paid tribute to our campaigning. asserted

parents → overturn → campaigning

A London NHS trust has also backed down after it refused to treat an eight-year-old boy because he went to private school. asserted

he → back → school

It has now reversed its policy. asserted

It → reverse → policy

This week's first victory comes after the MoS revealed last year that children on cancer wards at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh got free tuition as in-patients only if they went to state schools. asserted

they → come → schools

Parents of fee-paying schoolchildren had to fund the £115-an-hour charge. asserted

Parents → pay → charge

Finn, now nine, who spent months on a cancer ward at the hospital, watched on as other children received the daily schooling he was denied from a tutor funded by Labour-run Edinburgh City Council. asserted

he → spend → Council

His school, George Watson's College, could not send in a teacher because of strict infection-control rules. uncertain

school → send → rules

Our report led to debates in the Scottish Parliament and the city council has just voted to change its policy. asserted

council → lead → policy

Finn's mother, Kirsty, a lawyer, said the 'deplorable' and 'divisive ideological policy' discriminated against families 'paying all the same taxes to the city council as other parents'. asserted

policy → say → parents

A London NHS trust has backed down after it refused to treat an eight-year-old boy because he went to private school. asserted

he → back → school

It has now reversed its policy (Stock Photo) She added: 'We are very grateful to The Mail on Sunday for shining a spotlight on a policy that had no justification.' asserted

that → reverse → justification

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust – last year exposed by the MoS for denying treatment to a boy with a crippling joint condition – has also backed down. asserted

Kingston → expose → condition

His mother had blamed Labour's war on VAT relief on private school fees for emboldening NHS managers to deny him help. asserted

mother → blame → help

The trust eventually reversed its policy and his mother has now revealed her son has received treatment and a full apology. asserted

son → reverse → treatment

But Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust refused to reverse its decision not to treat an eight-year-old boy with a speech defect because he was privately educated. asserted

he → refuse → defect

An NHS England spokesman, said: 'Access to NHS services should be based on clinical need, and not an individual's background or ability to pay.' asserted

Access → say → need