Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary: My teenager insists on an NHS operation. What can I do?

Plus: How to face down wrong-stamp shame

issue 12 April 2014

Q. Our son, aged l6, has a medical condition which, although not life-threatening, requires surgery by a specialist to pre-empt it becoming lifestyle-threatening. The NHS waiting list is long. He has had private health insurance since birth and never yet used it but he refuses to jump the queue as he disapproves of ‘elitism and privilege’.

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