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Meeting of the Parliament 18 June 2025

18 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
NHS Lothian (Education and Tutoring for Sick Children)
Health and Social Care
Hoy, Craig Con South Scotland Watch on SPTV

The minister should be aware of the case involving Lawrence, a constituent of mine who suffers from leukaemia. Lawrence experienced the distress of watching other children on his ward receive education from the City of Edinburgh Council’s hospital schooling service at the sick kids hospital, while he was denied it because he attends a school in the independent sector, and his parents could not pay the £115 an hour that the council charges in such circumstances.

Since I raised Lawrence’s case, more parents have been in touch with me—and with bodies that represent independent schools—to highlight similar injustices. Several cases involve children with a disability being refused access to specialist equipment, such as aids for hearing impairment, or having it withdrawn, because they attend independent schools.

Will the minister commit to working urgently with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, councils, the independent schools sector and NHS boards to reach a resolution that ends that unjust discrimination against sick and disabled children in Scotland?

In the same item of business

7. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the health secretary has had with ministerial colleagues and NHS Lothian regarding the provision of education...
The Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health (Jenni Minto) SNP
Section 14 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 places a statutory duty on local authorities to make special arrangements for any child or young person who i...
Craig Hoy Con
The minister should be aware of the case involving Lawrence, a constituent of mine who suffers from leukaemia. Lawrence experienced the distress of watching ...
Jenni Minto SNP
In response to Mr Hoy’s follow-up question, I was aware of the situation involving his constituent Lawrence. As I believe that Ms Gilruth said when Mr Hoy pr...
Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab) Lab
I have been contacted by constituents who share Mr Hoy’s concern about the issue. Councillors say that the policy regarding learning for sick children who at...
Jenni Minto SNP
Foysol Choudhury is right. Although the Scottish Government has provided national guidance on the continued responsibility to provide education while a child...